Biatas

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bı̄´a - tas ( Φαλίας , Phalı́as  ; Codex Alexandrinus, Φιαθάς , Phiathás ): the Revised Version (British and American) "Phalias," one of the Levites (1 Esdras 9:48) who "taught (the people) the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it." Called Pelaiah in  Nehemiah 8:7 .