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Bithiah
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Bithiah: NET AVS NIV NRSV TEVBithia: NASB
wife of Mered; daughter of Pharaoh
daughter of the Lord
daughter of the Lord
Hebrew
Strongs #01332: hytb Bithyah
Bithiah = "daughter of Jehovah"1) a daughter of a Pharaoh and wife of Mered of Judah
1332 Bithyah bith-yaw'
from 1323 and 3050; daughter (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;Bithjah, an Egyptian woman:-Bithiah.
see HEBREW for 01323
see HEBREW for 03050
Bithiah [NAVE]
BITHIAH, daughter of Pharaoh, 1 Chr. 4:18.BITHIAH [SMITH]
(daughter of the Lord), daughter of a Pharaoh, and wife of Mered. (1 Chronicles 4:18) (B.C. about 1491.)BITHIAH [ISBE]
BITHIAH - bi-thi'-a (bithyah; Beththia; Codex Vaticanus, Gelia, "daughter of Yah"): The daughter of a Pharaoh who married Mered, a descendant of Judah (1 Ch 4:18). Whether this Pharaoh was an Egyptian king, or whether it was in this case a Hebrew name, it is difficult to say. The name Bithiah seems to designate one who had become converted to the worship of Yahweh, and this would favor the first supposition. If, as the Revised Version (British and American) reads, the other wife of Mered is distinguished as "the Jewess" (instead of the King James Version "Jehudijah"), this supposition would receive further support.Frank E. Hirsch