H6346 - פֶּחָה (pechâh)

H6346 פֶּחָה (pechâh) peh-khaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

governor

Strong's Definition

a prefect (of a city or small district)

Derivation: of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: captain, deputy, governor.

TWOT Reference: 1757

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) governor

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G758 G2232 G2233

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

governor Aramaic equivalent: pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6347)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּחָה pechâh BDB Definition: 1) governor Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of foreign origin Same Word by TWOT Number: 1757 Total KJV Occurrences: 28

Bible Occurrences (27)

10:15 20:24

18:24

9:14

8:36

2:7 2:9 3:7 5:14 5:15 5:18 12:26

3:12 8:9 9:3

36:9

51:23 51:28 51:57

23:6 23:12 23:23

1:1 1:14 2:2 2:21

1:8

1 Kings 10:15

not including the revenue from the merchants..., traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

1 Kings 20:24

So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them... with other officers.

2 Kings 18:24

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend... on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

2 Chronicles 9:14

not including the revenue from the merchants... and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Ezra 8:36

They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.

Nehemiah 2:7

I also said to [him], If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach... Judah.

Nehemiah 2:9

Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

Nehemiah 3:7

Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.