Bible Person

Pethahiah

Meaning: the Lord opening; gate of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Pethahiah entry refers to the head of the nineteenth priestly division in 1 Chronicles 24:16, not to the court representative or the Levites of the same name elsewhere. He belongs to the ordered priestly structure that sustains Israel's worship life. First appears in 1 Chr 24:16.1

AI summary: This Pethahiah matters because his single cross reference places him within the carefully arranged system of priestly divisions. The entry shows that worship in Israel was carried through regular, named lines of service rather than informal leadership alone. Taken together, the material presents this Pethahiah as a priestly head within the temple order.1

Central Figure

Pethahiah

Meaning: the Lord opening; gate of the Lord

The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1 Chr.