פֶּחָה
peḥâ
governor
Strong's H6346NounHebrewTWOT 1757

פֶּחָה (peḥâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning governor. It appears 28 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6346).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1757)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1757)governor; prefect; captain, deputy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פֶּחָה noun, masculine: governor

Strong's H6346 פֶּחָה: a prefect (of a city or small district)
KJV:captain, deputy, governor.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 10:152 Kings 18:242 Chronicles 9:14

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