Loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezra 10:23). (3.) Neh. 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh. 11:24). the Lord opening; gate of the Lord (freed by Jehovah). + A priest, over the nineteenth course in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:16) (B.C. 1020.) + A Levite in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:23) He is probably the same who is mentioned in (Nehemiah 9:5) (B.C. 458.) + The son of Meshezabeel, and descendant of Zerah. (Nehemiah 11:24) (B.C. 446.)
Pethahiah