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(Heb. Pethachyah', ôַּúִçéָä , freed of Jehovah; Sept. , Öåèåú v á , Ezr_10:23; Öåóóßáò , Neh_9:5; Öáèáú v á , 11:24; Öåèåßáò , 1Ch_24:16). The name of three men.
1. The head of the nineteenth course in David's division of the priests (1Ch_24:16). B.C. cir. 1020.
2. A Levite, who put away an idolatrous wife at the injunction of Ezra (Ezr_10:23), and joined in the hymn of praise and the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_9:5). B.C. cir. 458.
3. A Hebrew, son of Meshezabeel, of the tribe of Judah, who acted as counsellor of Artaxerxes in matters concerning the Jews (Neh_11:24). B.C. cir. 446.