Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"

 1) a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David
 2) a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife;
    probably the same as 3
 3) a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the
    time of Ezra; probably the same as 2
 4) son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy
    of the king in all matters concerning the people