1. governor, provincial prefect — A governor or prefect appointed over a province, used throughout post-exilic texts for Persian and Babylonian/Assyrian provincial administrators (e.g., Zerubbabel, Nehemiah, Tattenai, and foreign officials in Ezekiel). 28×
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1 Kgs 10:15, 1 Kgs 20:24, 2 Kgs 18:24, 2 Chr 9:14, Ezra 8:36, Neh 2:7, Neh 2:9, Neh 3:7, Neh 5:14, Neh 5:14, Neh 5:15, Neh 5:18 (+16 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
פֶּחָה28 n.m. 2 K 18:24 governor (loan-word from Assyrian paḫâti [abbrev. from bêl paḫâti], lord of a district; cf. perhaps Old Aramaic פחי governor);—abs. הַפּ׳ Ne 5:14, cstr. פַּחַ֫ת Hg 1:1 +, פַּחַת־ 2:21; sf. פֶּחָתֶ֑ךָ Mal 1:8, פֶּחֶם Ne 5:14 (but read prob. פֶּחָה); pl. abs. פַּחוֹת 1 K 20:24 +; cstr. פַּחוֹת 10:15 = 2 Ch 9:14, פַּחֲווֹת Ezr 8:36 +; sf. פַּחוֹתֶיהָ Je 51:28, 57;—as Assyrian…