What does פֶּחָה · ἡγεμών mean in the Bible?
פֶּחָה · ἡγεμών is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a prefect (of a city or small district)".
Hebrew · H6346, G2232
פֶּחָה
A prefect (of a city or small district) · ruler
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פֶּחָה H6346 a prefect (of a city or small district)
ἡγεμών G2232 ruler
Pronunciation hēgemṓn
A provincial governor with delegated imperial authority, not a king or local ruler, distinctly Roman administrative.
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What does פֶּחָה (pechah) mean in the Bible?
פֶּחָה · ἡγεμών is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a prefect (of a city or small district)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6346, G2232?
H6346, G2232 is connected to 28 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a prefect (of a city or small district)
Strong's H6346, G2232
Lexical occurrences 28 verses Source Gloss
a prefect (of a city or small district)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
פֶּחָה is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain