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Lexicon :: Strong's H6347 - peḥâ

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פֶּחָה
Transliteration
peḥâ
Pronunciation
peh-khaw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to פֶּחָה (H6346)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2936

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּחָה pechâh, peh-khaw'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H6346:—captain, governor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H6347 in the following manner: governor (6x), captain (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H6347 in the following manner: governor (6x), captain (4x).

  1. governor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּחָה pechâh, peh-khaw'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H6346:—captain, governor.
STRONGS H6347: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† מֶּחָה noun masculine (Babylonian or Persian) governor (Assyrian loan-word, Biblical Hebrew H6346 id.); — absolute פ׳ Ezra 5:14; construct פַּחַת Ezra 5:3, 6; Ezra 6:6, 7, 13; plural emphatic פַּחֲוָתָא Daniel 3:2, 3, 27; Daniel 6:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:3; 5:6; 5:14; 6:6; 6:7; 6:13

Daniel

3:2; 3:3; 3:27; 6:1

H6347

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6347 matches the Hebrew פֶּחָה (peḥâ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 -

At that time Tattenai, the governor H6347 of the province beyond the [fn]River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who issued you a decree to rebuild this house and to complete this structure?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 -

This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor H6347 of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 -

‘Also the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple [fn]in Jerusalem and brought them to the temple of Babylon, these King Cyrus took out from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor H6347.

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“Now Tattenai, governor H6347 of the province beyond the [fn]River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the River, [fn]keep away from there.

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“Leave that work on the house of God alone; let the governor H6347 of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild that house of God in its designated place.

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Then Tattenai, the governor H6347 of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:2 - Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors H6347, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:3 - Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors H6347, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they were standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Then the satraps, the prefects, the governors H6347, and the king’s high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no power over [fn]the bodies of these men, nor was the hair of their head singed, nor were their [fn]trousers [fn]damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - “All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors H6347 have counseled together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who seeks to make a petition [fn]to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions’ [fn]den.
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