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HebrewH6494Proper Noun (Masculine)

פְּקַחְיָה

pe.qach.yah

3Occurrences
H6494Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Pekachjah, an Israelite king

from H6491 (פָּקַח) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has observed;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

פְּקַחְיָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
3

Key Passages

2 Kings 15:22BSB

And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:23BSB

In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

2 Kings 15:26BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.