Pethakiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name פְּתַחְיָה

פְּתַחְיָה

Pᵉthachyâh · pronounced peth-akh-yaw' · Strong's H6611 · a man

Pethakiah means Jah has opened.

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פָּתַח pâthach (from, H6605) — to open wide (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

from H6605 and H3050; Jah has opened; Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites.

1Chr 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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