Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6346
פֶּחָה
pe.chah · “governor”
Used 28 times across 11 books
Definition
governor
Aramaic equivalent: pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6347)
Aramaic equivalent: pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6347)
Where it appears
1 Kings2
2 Kings1
2 Chronicles1
Ezra1
Nehemiah8
Esther3
Isaiah1
Jeremiah3
Ezekiel3
Haggai4
Malachi1
In the text
1 Kings 10:15Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.1 Kings 20:24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:2 Kings 18:24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?2 Chronicles 9:14Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.Ezra 8:36And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.Nehemiah 2:7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;Nehemiah 2:9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.Nehemiah 3:7And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.Nehemiah 5:14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
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