Governor
פֶּחָהStrong’s H6347pechah (pe-chah)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pechah is the Aramaic word usually translated “governor of”, “governors the” and “governor”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Governor
How it's translated
- governor of 5
- and governors the 4
- governor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 6
- Daniel 4
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:3In contextThen 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.
- Daniel 3:27In contextAnd 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.
- Daniel 6:7In contextAll 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.
- Ezra 5:3At 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?
- Ezra 5:6The 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:
- Ezra 5:14And 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;
Aramaic dictionary
פֶּחָה pechah · governor
governor Aramaic of pe.chah (פֶּחָה "governor" H6346)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.