fa-lı̄´as (ΦαλιÌας, PhalıÌas Codex Alexandrinus ΦιαÌθας, PhiaÌthas; the King James Version, Biatas, following Aldine ΒιαÌτας, BiaÌtas): One of the Levites who read and explained the Law to the multitude (1 Esdras 9:48) = “Pelaiah†of .