פֶּחָה pechah
Hebrew word for “governor” · Strong’s H6346 · used 28 times in 27 verses
Meaning
governor; Aramaic equivalent: pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6347)
How it is translated
Glosses given for pechah in context, with how often each is used:
- governors 16
- governor 12
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehemiah | 8 | 1.5 | |
| Haggai | 4 | 6.7 | |
| Esther | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Nehemiah 5 (3), Jeremiah 51 (3), Ezekiel 23 (3), Nehemiah 2 (2), Haggai 1 (2), Haggai 2 (2), 1 Kings 10 (1), 1 Kings 20 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1)
Forms
- פחת 7
- פחות 5
- הפחה 3
- והפחות 3
- ופחות 2
- פחוות 2
- פחותיה 2
- ופחוות 1
- פחם 1
- הפחות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pechah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- סָגָן sagan “ruler” 6
- אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן achashdarpan “satrap” 4
- פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 5
- זְרֻבָּבֶל zerubbavel “Zerubbabel” 4
- חֶמֶד chemed “delight” 3
- יְהוֹצָדָק yehotsadaq “Jehozadak” 3
- שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל shealtiel “Shealtiel” 3
- עֵבֶר ever “side” 4
- נָהָר nahar “river” 4
- שַׂר sar “ruler” 5
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 6
- מְדִינָה medinah “province” 3
Key verses
The verses using pechah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Kings 18:24 — How 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?
- Nehemiah 5:14 — Moreover 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…
- Nehemiah 5:15 — But 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,…
- Esther 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s…
- Esther 8:9 — Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written…
- Isaiah 36:9 — How 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?
- Jeremiah 51:57 — And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake,…
- Haggai 1:1 — In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the…
- Haggai 1:14 — And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and…
- Haggai 2:2 — Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
- Haggai 2:21 — Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
- Malachi 1:8 — And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased…
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.