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Lexicon :: Strong's H6346 - peḥâ

Aa
פֶּחָה
Transliteration
peḥâ
Pronunciation
peh-khaw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
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TWOT Reference: 1757

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּחָה pechâh, peh-khaw'; of foreign origin; a prefect (of a city or small district):—captain, deputy, governor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H6346 in the following manner: governor (17x), captain (9x), deputies (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H6346 in the following manner: governor (17x), captain (9x), deputies (2x).

  1. governor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּחָה pechâh, peh-khaw'; of foreign origin; a prefect (of a city or small district):—captain, deputy, governor.
STRONGS H6346: Abbreviations
פֶּחָה 28 noun masculine 2 Kings 18:24 governor (loan-word from Assyrian paḫâti [abbreviated from bel paḫâti], lord of a district; compare perhaps Old Aramaic פחי governor); — absolute הַפּ׳ Nehemiah 5:14, construct פַּחַ֫ת Haggai 1:1 +, פַּחַת־ Haggai 2:21; suffix פֶּחָחֵ֑ךָ Malachi 1:8, פֶּחַם Nehemiah 5:14 (but read probably פֶּחָה); plural absolute פַּחוֹת 1 Kings 20:24 +; construct פַּחוֹת 1 Kings 10:15 2 Chronicles 9:14, פַּחֲווֹת Ezra 8:36 +; suffix פַּחוֹתֶיהָ Jeremiah 51:28, 57; — as Assyr. captains 2 Kings 18:24 = Isaiah 36:9 (< strike out פ׳, compare StaZAW vi (1886), 182 and others), compare Ezekiel 23:6, 12; of Babylon Jeremiah 51:23, 57, and Babylonian allies Ezekiel 23:23; of Media Jeremiah 51:28; Persian governor of עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, i. e. in Palestine, Haggai 1:1, 14; Haggai 2:2, 21; Nehemiah 2:7, 9 + 8 times; Persian satraps in general Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3; applied (by late writer) to Solomon's governors 1 Kings 10:15 2 Chronicles 9:14; Benhadad's captains 1 Kings 20:24 (strike out see, Sta and others). — compare Biblical Aramaic H6347.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

10:15; 10:15; 20:24; 20:24

2 Kings

18:24; 18:24

2 Chronicles

9:14; 9:14

Ezra

8:36

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:9; 5:14; 5:14

Esther

3:12; 8:9; 9:3

Isaiah

36:9

Jeremiah

51:23; 51:28; 51:28; 51:57; 51:57

Ezekiel

23:6; 23:12; 23:23

Haggai

1:1; 1:1; 1:14; 2:2; 2:21; 2:21

Malachi

1:8

H6346

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6346 matches the Hebrew פֶּחָה (peḥâ),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - besides H905 H4480 that from the traders H376 H8446, and the [fn]wares H4536 of the merchants H7402 and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Arabs H6152 and the governors H6346 of the country H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - “Carry H6213 out H6213 this H2088 [fn]plan H1697: remove H5493 the kings H4428, each H376 from his place H4725, and put H7760 governors H6346 in H8478 their place H8478,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How H349 then can you drive H7725 back H7725 even [fn]one H259 [fn]official H6346 of the least H6996 of my master’s H113 servants H5650, and [fn]rely H982 on Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides H905 H4480 what the traders H376 H8446 and merchants H5503 brought H935; and all H3605 the kings H4428 of Arabia H6152 and the governors H6346 of the country H776 brought H935 gold H2091 and silver H3701 to Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - Then they delivered H5414 the king’s H4428 edicts H1881 to the king’s H4428 satraps H323 and the governors H6346 in the provinces beyond H5676 the Euphrates River H5104, and they supported H5375 the people H5971 and the house H1004 of God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said H559 to the king H4428, “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let letters H107 be given H5414 me for the governors H6346 of the provinces beyond H5676 the River H5104, so that they will allow me to pass H5674 through H5674 until H5704 H834 I come H935 to Judah H3063,

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Then I came H935 to the governors H6346 of the provinces beyond H5676 the Euphrates River H5104 and gave H5414 them the king’s H4428 letters H107. Now the king H4428 had sent H7971 with me officers H8269 of the army H2428 and horsemen H6571.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next H5921 H3027 to them Melatiah H4424 the Gibeonite H1393 and Jadon H3036 the Meronothite H4824, the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 and of Mizpah H4709, [fn]also made H2388 repairs H2388 for the official H3678 seat H3678 of the governor H6346 of the province beyond H5676 the Euphrates River H5104.

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Furthermore H1571, since H4480 the day H3117 that I was appointed H6680 to be their governor H6346 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, from the twentieth H6242 year H8141 to the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141, neither H3808 I nor H3808 my kinsmen H251 have eaten H398 the governor’s H6346 food H3899 allowance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the previous H7223 governors H6346 who H834 were before H6440 me [fn]laid H3513 burdens H3513 on the people H5971 and took H3947 from them bread H3899 and wine H3196 besides H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver H3701; even H1571 their servants H5288 domineered H7980 the people H5971. But I did not do H6213 so H3651 because H4480 H6440 of my fear H3374 of God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which H834 was prepared H6213 for each day H3117 was one H259 ox H7794 and six H8337 choice H1305 sheep H6629; also birds H6833 were prepared H6213 for me, and every H996 ten H6235 days H3117 all H3605 sorts of wine H3196 were provided in abundance H7235. Yet for all this H2088 I did not request H1245 the governor’s H6346 food H3899 allowance, because H3588 the forced H5656 labor H5656 was H3513 heavy H3513 on this H2088 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - These H428 men H428 served in the days H3117 of Joiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Jeshua H3091, the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087, and in the days H3117 of Nehemiah H5166 the governor H6346 and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe H5608.

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Then the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king’s H4428 satraps H323, to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082 and to the officials H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its language H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.

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So the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - Even all H3605 the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and those who were doing H6213 the king’s H4428 business H4399 were supporting H5375 the Jews H3064, because H3588 the dread H6343 of Mordecai H4782 had fallen H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How H349 then can you [fn]drive H7725 H6440 back H7725 even one H259 [fn]official H6346 of the least H6996 of my master’s H113 servants H5650 and [fn]rely H982 on Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571?

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And with you I shatter H5310 the shepherd H7462 and his flock H5739,

And with you I shatter H5310 the farmer H406 and his team H6776,

And with you I shatter H5310 governors H6346 and officials H5461.

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Consecrate H6942 the nations H1471 against H5921 her,

The kings H4428 of the Medes H4074,

[fn]Their governors H6346 and all H3605 [fn]their officials H5461,

And every H3605 land H776 [fn]under their control H4475.

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“I will make H7937 her leaders H8269 and her wise H2450 men H2450 drunk H7937,

Her governors H6346, her officials H5461, and her warriors H1368,

So that they will sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142 and not wake H3364 up,”

Declares H5002 the King H4428, whose name H8034 is the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - who were clothed H3847 in purple H8504, governors H6346 and officials H5461, all H3605 of them handsome H2531 young H970 men H970, horsemen H6571 riding H7392 on horses H5483.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted H5689 after H413 the [fn]Assyrians H1121 H804, governors H6346 and officials H5461, the ones H7138 near H7138, opulently H4358 dressed H3847, horsemen H6571 riding H7392 on horses H5483, all H3605 of them handsome H2531 young H970 men H970.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the [fn]Babylonians H1121 H894 and all H3605 the Chaldeans H3778, Pekod H6489 and Shoa H7772 and Koa H6970, and all H3605 the [fn]Assyrians H1121 H804 with them; handsome H2531 young H970 men H970, governors H6346 and officials H5461 all H3605 of them, officers H7991 and [fn]men H7121 of H7121 renown H7121, all H3605 of them riding H7392 on horses H5483.

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In the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the king H4428, on the first H259 day H3117 of the sixth H8345 month H2320, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 by the prophet H5030 Haggai H2292 to Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, governor H6346 of Judah H3063, and to Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, governor H6346 of Judah H3063, and the spirit H7307 of Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, and the spirit H7307 of all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971; and they came H935 and worked H6213 H4399 on the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, their God H430,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Speak H559 now H4994 to Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, governor H6346 of Judah H3063, and to Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, and to the remnant H7611 of the people H5971, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Speak H559 to Zerubbabel H2216 governor H6346 of Judah H3063, saying H559, ‘I am going to shake H7493 the heavens H8064 and the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - “And when H3588 you present H5066 a blind H5787 animal for sacrifice H2076, is it not evil H7451? Or when H3588 you present H5066 a lame H6455 or sick H2470 animal, is it not evil H7451? So H4994 offer H7126 it to your governor H6346! Would he be pleased H7521 with you, or H176 would he receive H5375 H6440 you kindly H6440?” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
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