TBESH · H6346
פֶּחָה · pe.chah · governor
governor Aramaic equivalent: pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6347)
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pe.chah H6346
פֶּחָה (pe.chah) means “governor” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
פֶּחָה Hebrew · H6346 28 tagged occurrences in 27 verses
Pronunciation guide: peh-khaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
of foreign origin; a prefect (of a city or small district)
KJV glosses: captain, deputy, governor.
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How translators render H6346
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the governors | 6 |
| governor | 4 |
| governors | 4 |
| and governors | 3 |
| allotted to the governor | 2 |
| officer | 2 |
| along with her governors | 1 |
| of the governor | 1 |
| the governor | 1 |
| their governor | 1 |
| their governors | 1 |
| to your governor | 1 |
| with other officers | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| captains | 5 |
| governor | 4 |
| of the governor | 3 |
| and the deputies | 2 |
| and to the governors | 2 |
| captain | 2 |
| and governors | 1 |
| and of the governors | 1 |
| governors | 1 |
| her captains | 1 |
| it now unto thy governor | 1 |
| me to the governors | 1 |
| the captains | 1 |
| the governor | 1 |
| to be their governor | 1 |
| to the governors | 1 |
Verses containing H6346
Page 1 of 1. 27 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 1 Kings 10:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 18:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 9:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Read word by word - Ezra 8:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 2:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 2:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 3:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 5:14
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 5:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 5:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 12:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
Read word by word - Esther 3:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Read word by word - Esther 8:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
Read word by word - Esther 9:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
Read word by word - Isaiah 36:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:57
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 23:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 23:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 23:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.
Read word by word - Haggai 1:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
Read word by word - Haggai 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
Read word by word - Haggai 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
Read word by word - Haggai 2:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
Read word by word - Malachi 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
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