Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(freed). (1) Head of the 19th priestly course (1 Chron. 24:16). (2) Returned captives (Ezra 10:23; Neh. 9:5; 11:24).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Head of the nineteenth priestly course (1 Chron. 24:16).
2. Levite who had married a strange wife (Ezra 10:23).
3. Levite who called upon the people to bless Jehovah (Neh. 9:5).
4. Son of Meshezabeel, a descendant of Judah: he was at the king of Persia’s hand “in all matters concerning the people” (Neh. 11:24).
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
opened of Jah