Word Study · Strong's H6347 · Hebrew
פֶּחָה
pechah
peh-khaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pechâh
“{a prefect (of a city or small district)}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{a prefect (of a city or small district)}
Rendered in the KJV as
captain, governor.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וּֽפַחֲוָתָ֡א2
- פַּחַ֧ת2
- וּפַחֲוָתָא֮1
- וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א1
- פֶחָ֖ה1
- פַּחַ֣ת1
- פַּחַ֨ת1
- פַּחַ֤ת1
How it is rendered · 3
- [the] governor of5
- and governors the4
- governor1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4
- noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcfsc · 5
- AC/Ncfpd/Ta · 4
- ANcfsa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra6 occurrences
- Ezra 5:3פַּחַ֧תpachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”here: [the] governor of
- Ezra 5:6פַּחַ֣תpachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.here: [the] governor of
- Ezra 5:14פֶחָ֖הfechahnoun · feminine singularHe also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governorhere: governor
- Ezra 6:6פַּחַ֨תpachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!here: [the] governor of
- Ezra 6:7פַּחַ֤תpachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.here: [the] governor of
- Ezra 6:13פַּחַ֧תpachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.here: [the] governor of
Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 3:2וּֽפַחֲוָתָ֡אufachavata'conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.here: and governors the
- Daniel 3:3וּֽפַחֲוָתָ֡אufachavata'conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.here: and governors the
- Daniel 3:27וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ufachavata'conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.here: and governors the
- Daniel 6:7וּפַחֲוָתָ֔אufachavata'conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.here: and governors the
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