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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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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

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - And the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, was moved by the Lord, as was the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of armies, their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - Say now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the rest of the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - Say to Zerubbabel, ruler of Judah, I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
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