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Lexicon :: Strong's H6346 - peḥâ

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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 Box 1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - Do this: Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - They also delivered the king’s orders to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - So I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah—Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth—places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover, from the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, until his thirty-second year—twelve years—neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels[fn] of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Each day one ox, six choice sheep and some poultry were prepared for me, and every ten days an abundant supply of wine of all kinds. In spite of all this, I never demanded the food allotted to the governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - They served in the days of Joiakim son of Joshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[fn] These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - with you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak,[fn] the high priest:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak,[fn] the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the LORD Almighty.
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