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Strong's #6346 - פֶּחָה

Transliteration

pechâh

Phonetics

peh-khaw'

Root Word (Etymology)

of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1757

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) governor

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 758 ‑ ἄρχων (ar'‑khone); 2232 ‑ ἡγεμών (hayg‑em‑ohn'); 2233 ‑ ἡγέομαι (hayg‑eh'‑om‑ahee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (28)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 8

Esther 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Haggai 4

Malachi 1

NAS (28)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 8

Esther 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Haggai 4

Malachi 1

HCS (28)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 8

Esther 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Haggai 4

Malachi 1

BSB (28)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 8

Esther 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Haggai 4

Malachi 1

ESV (28)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 8

Esther 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Haggai 4

Malachi 1

WEB (28)

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 8

Esther 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 3

Haggai 4

Malachi 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1376) h p (פהה PHh) AC: Blow CO: Bellows AB: ?: The pictograph p is a picture of a mouth representing blowing, the h is a picture of a wall meaning outside. Combined these mean "blow out". The bellows blows out a large amount of air causing a fire to become hotter.

A) h p (פהה PHh) AC: ? CO: Bellows AB: ?

N^m ) h p (פהה PHh) - Trap: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (27): snare, gin, plate - Strongs: H6341 (פַּח)

a^m) h p m (מפהה MPHh) - Bellows: KJV (1): bellows - Strongs: H4647 (מַפֻּחַ)

B) h h p (פהההה PHhHh) AC: Trap CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]

V) h h p (פהההה PHhHh) - Trap: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) snare - Strongs: H6351 (פָּחַח)

H) e h p (פההה PHhH) AC: Rule CO: Governor AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]

N^m) e h p (פההה PHhH) - Governor: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (38): governor, captain, deputy - Strongs: H6346 (פֶּחָה), H6347 (פֶּחָה)

J) h f p (פוהה PWHh) AC: Blow CO: ? AB: ?: A blowing as a bellows.

V) h f p (פוהה PWHh) - Blow: KJV (14): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) speak, puff, blow, break, utter, snare - Strongs: H6315 (פּוּחַ)

i^m) h f p t (תפוהה TPWHh) - Apple: The fruit or the tree. KJV (6): apple - Strongs: H8598 (תַּפּוּחַ)

L) h p i (יפהה YPHh) AC: Blow CO: ? AB: ?: A heavy blowing as a bellows.

V) h p i (יפהה YPHh) - Blow: KJV (1): (vf: Hitpael) bewail - Strongs: H3306 (יָפַח)

N^m) h p i (יפהה YPHh) - Blow: KJV (1): breath out - Strongs: H3307 (יָפֵחַ)

M) h i p (פיהה PYHh) AC: Blow CO: Ash AB: ?: The ash that is blown when the bellows blows.

N^m) h i p (פיהה PYHh) - Ash: KJV (2): ash - Strongs: H6368 (פִּיחַ)

Adopted Roots:

A2238 H p u (Span, Span)
A2419 H p n (Blow)
A2496 H p x (Attach)
A2863 H p s (Join)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶּחָה₂₈ noun masculine^{2 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 Haggai 2:21; suffix מֶּחָחֶ֑ךָ Malachi 1:8,מֶּחָם Nehemiah 5:14 (but read probably מֶּחָה); plural absolute מַּחוֺת 1 Kings 20:24 +; construct מַּחוֺת 1 Kings 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 Sta^{ZAW 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 עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, i. e. in Palestine, Haggai 1:1,14; Haggai 2:2,21; Nehemiah 2:7,9 8t.; Persian satraps in General Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 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

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פֶּחָה (for פַּחָה with Dag. forte implied), m. const. פַּחַת, with suff. פֶּחָֽתְךָ, once פֶּחָם Nehemiah 5:14 (from the masculine form פַּח), pl. פַּחוֹת 1 Kings 10:15, 20:24 Jeremiah 51:23; Ezekiel 23:6, 23 Ezekiel 23:23 const. state פַּחֲווֹת (from absol. פֶּחָוֹות) Nehemiah 2:7, Ezra 8:36, m. the governor of a province (less than that of a satrap, see אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפָּן) in the Assyrian empire, 2 Kings 18:24; Isaiah 36:9 Chaldean, Ezekiel 23:6, 23 Ezekiel 23:23; Jeremiah 51:23 Persian, Esther 8:9, 9:3 specially used of the Persian governor of Judæa, Haggai 1:1, 14 Haggai 1:14, 2:2, 21 Haggai 2:21; Nehemiah 5:14, 18 12:26 Malachi 1:8 used of the governor of Judea in the time of Solomon, 1 Kings 10:15 and of the governors of Syria, 1 Kings 20:24. (This word appears to be of foreign origin, and Bohlen compares Pers. بكيت, بكيتا great men, nobles; Ewald in Gramm. p. 490, the verb جختن pukhten, to care for, to act (pr. to cook, bake; Germ. backen.) Better than all these would be بك, بيك, بكاa prince, leader, commander of Soldiers, were not this apparently a mere Turkish word; but the Persian is بيك paik, one of the guard, an attendant.) [Benfey compares Sanscr. paksha, companion, friend; and this Gesenius appears to have preferred.]

פֶּחָה constr. פַּחַת, pl. emphat. פַּחֲוָתָא, Chald. id. Ezra 5:3, 14 Ezra 5:14, 6:7 Daniel 3:2,, 27 6:8.

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List of Word Forms

הַפֶּ֖חָה הַפֶּחָ֔ה הַפֶּחָה֙ הַפַּח֞וֹת הפחה הפחות וְהַפַּח֗וֹת וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ וּפַח֣וֹת וּפַח֥וֹת וּפַחֲו֖וֹת והפחות ופחוות ופחות לְפֶחָתֶ֗ךָ לפחתך פֶּחָם֮ פַּֽחֲווֹת֙ פַּֽחַת־ פַּח֖וֹת פַּח֣וֹת פַּח֤וֹת פַּח֨וֹת פַּחֲו֖וֹת פַּחַ֖ת פַּחַ֣ת פַּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָ פַחַ֥ת פחוות פחות פחותיה פחם פחת פחת־ faChat hap·pa·ḥō·wṯ hap·pe·ḥāh happaChot happaḥōwṯ hapPechah happeḥāh lə·p̄e·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā lefechaTecha ləp̄eḥāṯeḵā pa·ḥă·wō·wṯ pa·ḥaṯ p̄a·ḥaṯ pa·ḥaṯ- pa·ḥō·w·ṯe·hā pa·ḥō·wṯ paChat pachaVot paChot pachoTeiha paḥaṯ p̄aḥaṯ paḥaṯ- paḥăwōwṯ paḥōwṯ paḥōwṯehā pe·ḥām peCham peḥām ū·p̄a·ḥă·wō·wṯ ū·p̄a·ḥō·wṯ ufachaVot ufaChot ūp̄aḥăwōwṯ ūp̄aḥōwṯ vehappachOt wə·hap·pa·ḥō·wṯ wəhappaḥōwṯ