Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
governor
Usage: governor Aramaic of pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6346)
Pechah means “captain” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6347 פֶּחָה (pechah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pechah (peh-khaw') n-m. 1. captain, governor [(Aramaic) corresponding to H6346] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include governor and captains. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
pechah (peh-khaw') n-m. 1. captain, governor [(Aramaic) corresponding to H6346] Root(s): H6346
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governor
Usage: governor Aramaic of pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6346)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pechah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6347.
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6347, grouped by book.
Pechah (Strong's H6347) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "captain". pechah (peh-khaw') n-m. 1. captain, governor [(Aramaic) corresponding to H6346]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H6347 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6347 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as governor and captains. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.