King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6494
Transliteration: Peqachyah
Phonetic Spelling: (pek-akh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Isr
Meaning: Pekahiah -- "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Israel
Word Summary
Peqachyah: "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Isr
Original Word: פְקַחְיָהTransliteration: Peqachyah
Phonetic Spelling: (pek-akh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Isr
Meaning: Pekahiah -- "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Israel
Strong's Concordance
Pekahiah From paqach and Yahh; Jah has observed; Pekachjah, an Israelite king -- Pekahiah.
see HEBREW paqach
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6494. Peqachyah
מְּקַחְיָה proper name, masculine king of Israel (׳י hath opened the eyes); — 2 Kings 15:22-23, 26, Φακεσιας, Φακειας.
פקע (√ of following, meaning dubious; Late Hebrew מָּקַע split, spring off; compare ᵑ7 Ithpe`el, Syriac burst, crash; Late Hebrew מְּקַעַת is ball, roll, מְּקִיעַ wick, הִפְקִיעַ denominative; Arabic is be yellow, also break wind, II. crack finger-joints, etc.; Ecclus 46:17 פקע crash; מְּקַע ᵑ7 roll noisily; Syriac crash, crack).