# H6611 פְּתַחְיָה

פְּתַחְיָה (Pᵉthachyâh), Strong’s H6611: Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites KJV: Pethakiah.. Occurs 4 times.

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*Pᵉthachyâh* — Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Pethakiah.

Built from [פָּתַח pâthach](https://besorah.bible/word/H6605) (to open wide) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has opened”

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- פְּתַחְיָה n.pr.m.
- 1 priest
- 2 Levite
- 3 Judahite

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 10:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=23) — Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
- [Nehemiah 9:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/9?v=5) — Then the Levites, Yeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up…
- [Nehemiah 11:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=24) — Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters…
- [1 Chronicles 24:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/24?v=16) — the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,