King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6346
Transliteration: pechah
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a governor
Meaning: a governor
Word Summary
pechah: a governor
Original Word: פֶחָהTransliteration: pechah
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a governor
Meaning: a governor
Strong's Concordance
captain, deputy, governor Of foreign origin; a prefect (of a city or small district) -- captain, deputy, governor.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6346. pechah
מֶּחָה28 noun masculine2 Kings 18:24 governor (loan-word from Assyrian pa—âti [abbreviated from bel pa—âti], lord of a district; compare perhaps Old Aramaic פחי governor); — absolute ׳הַמּ Nehemiah 5:14, construct מַּחַ֫ת Haggai 1:1 +, מֵּחַתֿ 2:21; suffix מֶּחָחֶ֑ךָ Malachi 1:8,מֶּחָם Nehemiah 5:14 (but read probably מֶּחָה); plural absolute מַּחוֺת 1 Kings 20:24 +; construct מַּחוֺת 10:15 2 Chronicles 9:14, מַּחֲווֺת Ezra 8:36 +; suffix מַּחוֺתֶיהָ 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 הַנָּהָר עֵבֶר, i. e. in Palestine, Haggai 1:1, 14; 2:2, 21; Nehemiah 2:7, 9 8t.; Persian satraps in General Esther 3:12; 8:9; 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