Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6347 - peḥâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
פֶּחָה
Transliteration
peḥâ
Pronunciation
peh-khaw'
Listen
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 - At the same time Tattenai the governor of the region beyond the River[fn] and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: “Who has commanded you to build this temple and finish this wall?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:
The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - “Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon—those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who are beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:7 - Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:2 - And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:3 - So the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - “All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan