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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 Box1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the country beyond the river, and of the princes of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - (LXX 21:24) And do thou this thing: Send away the kings, each one to his place, and set princes in their stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one [fn]petty governor from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides what the men who were regularly appointed and the merchants brought, and all the kings of Arabia and princes of the land: all brought gold and silver to king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I 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 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - From the day that he charged me to be their ruler in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Arthasastha, twelve years, I and my brethren ate not provision extorted from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But as for the former acts of extortion wherein those who were before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the very outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - And there came to me for one day one calf, and I had six choice sheep and a goat; and every ten days wine in abundance of all sorts: yet with these I required not the bread of extortion, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - it was in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest was scribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochæus lay upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - And how can ye then turn to the face of the [fn]satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider are our servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - (LXX 28:23) And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - (LXX 28:28) Bring up nations against her, even the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - (LXX 28:57) The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horsemen riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She doted upon the sons of the Assyrians, princes and captains, her neighbours, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; they were all choice young men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Phacuc, and Sue, and Hychue, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses.

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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, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggæus, saying, Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to [fn]Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people; and they went in, and wrought in the house of the Lord Almighty their God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to [fn]Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - For if ye bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if ye bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy ruler, and see if he will receive thee, if he will accept thy person, saith the Lord Almighty.
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