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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 - besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king's satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - I said to the king, "If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes - twelve years in all - neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king's signet ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - The king's scribes were quickly summoned - in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia - a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all - to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king's business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - "I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up," says the King whose name is the LORD who rules over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She lusted after the Assyrians - governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year, the LORD spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So the LORD energized and encouraged Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the whole remnant of the people. They came and worked on the temple of their God, the LORD who rules over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - "Ask the following questions to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the remnant of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: 'I am ready to shake the sky and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the LORD who rules over all.
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