Pekahiah
פְּקַחְיָהStrong’s H6494peqachyah (pe-qach-yah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Peqachyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pekahiah”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.”
Meaning
- A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.22
How it's translated
- pekahiah 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 3
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
פְּקַחְיָה peqachyah · Pekahiah
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.22; son of: Menahem (H4505) § Pekahiah = "Jehovah sees" son of king Menahem of the northern kingdom of Israel, succeeded to the throne as the 17th king and ruled for 2 years when he was murdered by one of the captains of his army, Pekah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.