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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #6494 - פְּקַחְיָה

Transliteration

Pᵉqachyâh

Phonetics

pek-akh-yaw'

Origin

from (H6491) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Pekahiah = "Jehovah sees"
1. son of king Menahem of the northern kingdom of Israel, succeeded to the throne as the 17th king and ruled for 2 years when he was murdered by one of the captains of his army, Pekah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

2 Kings 3

BSB (3)

2 Kings 3

CSB (3)

2 Kings 3

ESV (3)

2 Kings 3

KJV (3)

2 Kings 3

LEB (3)

2 Kings 3

LSB (3)

2 Kings 3

N95 (3)

2 Kings 3

NAS (3)

2 Kings 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

2 Kings 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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.; Sirach 46:17 פקע crash; ᵑ7מְּקַע roll noisily; Syriac crash, crack).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פְּקַחְיָה (“whose eyes Jehovah opened”), [Pekahiah], pr.n. of a king of Samaria, b.c. 761-59; 2 Kings 15:22, seqq.

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List of Word Forms

פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה פְּקַחְיָ֥ה פְקַחְיָ֖ה פקחיה fekachYah pə·qaḥ·yāh p̄ə·qaḥ·yāh pekachYah pəqaḥyāh p̄əqaḥyāh