Lexical Definition

‎פֶּחָה‎ pechâh (peh-khaw') governor ^H:N-M
of foreign origin

captain, deputy, governor.

• a prefect (of a city or small district)

1) governor

See Greek: ἄρχων · ἡγεμών · ἡγέομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּחָה‎₂₈ noun masculine^{2Kgs 18:24} governor (loan-word from Assyrian pa—âti [abbreviated from bel pa—âti], lord of a district; compare perhaps Old Aramaic ‎פחי‎ governor); — absolute ‎׳‎‎הַפּ‎ Neh 5:14, construct ‎פַּחַ֫ת‎ Hag 1:1 +, ‎פֵּחַתֿ‎ Hag 2:21 suffix ‎פֶּחָחֶ֑ךָ‎ Mal 1:8,‎פֶּחָם‎ Neh 5:14 (but read probably ‎פֶּחָה‎); plural absolute ‎פַּחוֺת‎ 1Kgs 20:24 +; construct ‎פַּחוֺת‎ 1Kgs 10:15 = 2Chr 9:14, ‎פַּחֲווֺת‎ Ezra 8:36 +; suffix ‎פַּחוֺתֶיהָ‎ Jer 51:28; Jer 51:57 — as Assyr. captains 2Kgs 18:24 = Isa 36:9 (< strike out ‎׳‎‎פ‎, compare Sta^{ZAW vi (1886), 182} and others), compare Ezek 23:6; Ezek 23:12 of Babylon Jer 51:23; Jer 51:57, and Babylonian allies Ezek 23:23 of Media Jer 51:28 Persian governor of ‎עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר‎, i. e. in Palestine, Hag 1:1; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2; Hag 2:21; Neh 2:7; Neh 2:9 + 8 t.; Persian satraps in general Esth 3:12; Esth 8:9; Esth 9:3 applied (by late writer) to Solomon's governors 1Kgs 10:15 = 2Chr 9:14 Benhadad's captains 1Kgs 20:24 (strike out see, Sta and others). — compare Biblical Aramaic

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