Pethahiah Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Pethahiah, a Levite who married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra.
Levite who had married a foreign wife (EZR 10:23)
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Pethahiah
the Lord opening; gate of the Lord
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Pethahiah
· Also called · H6611 none · EZR 10:23 y-h-v-h opens
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פְּתַחְיָה
pətachəyah · H6611 · EZR 10:23 y-h-v-h opens
- he פְּתַחְיָה · H6611H
- el Φαθαια PHathaia · none · EZR 10:23
- bg Петахия
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Pethahiah Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Pethahiah was a Levite who had married a foreign woman, according to Ezr 10:23. After the Babylonian exile, Ezra led a religious reform that required the Israelites to separate from their foreign wives to maintain the purity of the Jewish faith and lineage. Pethahiah was among the Levites who had taken foreign wives and agreed to put them away as part of this reform. This event demonstrates the importance of religious and ethnic identity in the post-exilic Jewish community.
Pethahiah 2 Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A Levite (Ezra 10:23).
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