פֶּחָה
pechâh · peh-khaw'
a prefect (of a city or small district)
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
a prefect (of a city or small district)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captain, deputy, governor.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּחָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- captains5 · 18%
- governor4 · 14%
- of the governor3 · 11%
- captain2 · 7%
- and to the governors2 · 7%
- and the deputies2 · 7%
- and of the governors1 · 4%
- and governors1 · 4%
- me to the governors1 · 4%
- to the governors1 · 4%
- to be their governor1 · 4%
- governors1 · 4%
- the governor1 · 4%
- the captains1 · 4%
- men, her captains1 · 4%
- it now unto thy governor1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.