Word Study · Strong's H6492 · Hebrew
פֶּקַח
Peqach
peh'-kakh
“Pekach, an Israelite king”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Pekach, an Israelite king
Rendered in the KJV as
Pekah.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וּפֶ֨קַח2
- פֶּ֨קַח2
- פֶּ֣קַח2
- לְפֶ֥קַח1
- לְפֶ֖קַח1
- פֶ֖קַח1
- פֶּ֙קַח֙1
- פֶּ֥קַח1
How it is rendered · 3
- Pekah7
- and Pekah2
- of Pekah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 7
- HC/Npm · 2
- HR/Npm · 2
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings9 occurrences
- 2 Kings 15:25פֶּ֨קַחpekachproper noun (a name)Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.here: Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:27פֶּ֣קַחpekachproper noun (a name)In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.here: Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:29פֶּ֣קַחpekachproper noun (a name)In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.here: Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:30פֶּ֙קַח֙pekachproper noun (a name)Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.here: Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:31פֶ֖קַחfekachproper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.here: Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:32לְפֶ֥קַחlefekachpreposition + proper noun (a name)In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.here: of Pekah
- 2 Kings 15:37פֶּ֥קַחpekachproper noun (a name)(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)here: Pekah
- 2 Kings 16:1לְפֶ֖קַחlefekachpreposition + proper noun (a name)In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.here: of Pekah
- 2 Kings 16:5וּפֶ֨קַחufekachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.here: and Pekah