Governor
פֶּחָהStrong’s H6346pechah (pe-chah)
Appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pechah is the Hebrew word usually translated “governors”, “governor of” and “governors of”. It appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament.
“Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.”
Meaning
- Governor
How it's translated
- governors 5
- governor of 5
- and governors of 3
- the governor 3
- and the governors 3
- governor 2
- governors of 2
- governors its 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 7
- Haggai 4
- Esther 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Ezekiel 3
- 1 Kings 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 20:24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
- 2 Kings 18:24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
- 2 Chronicles 9:14Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- Ezra 8:36And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
- Nehemiah 2:7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
- Nehemiah 2:9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּחָה pechah · governor
governor Aramaic equivalent: pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6347)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “governor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOV'ERNOR, noun
He that governs, rules or directs; one invested with supreme authority. The Creator is the rightful governor of all his creatures.
- One who is invested with supreme authority to administer or enforce the laws; the supreme executive magistrate of a state, commmunity, corporation or post.
- A tutor; one who has the care of a young man; one who instructs him and forms his manners.
- A pilot; one who steers a ship. James 3:4
- One possessing delegated authority.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.