bı̄´a-tas (ΦαλιÌας, PhalıÌas; Codex Alexandrinus, ΦιαθαÌÏ‚, PhiathaÌs): the Revised Version (British and American) “Phalias,†one of the Levites (1 Esdras 9:48) who “taught (the people) the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it.†Called Pelaiah in .