Hebrew word · H6492

פֶּ֫קַח

pekach

Pekah

Appears 11 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.25;

son of: Remaliah (H7425)

§ Pekah = "opened"

son of Remaliah, originally a captain of king Pekahiah of Israel, murdered Pekahiah, usurped the throne and became the 18th king of the northern kingdom of Israel

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

2 Kings · 9
  1. 2 Kings 15:25 פֶּ֨קַח Pekah

    Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

  2. 2 Kings 15:27 פֶּ֣קַח Pekah

    In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.

  3. 2 Kings 15:29 פֶּ֣קַח Pekah

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

    Here: Pekah son of Remaliah, an army officer who killed King Pekahiah with the help of fifty men from Gilead (15:25). The name comes from the verb 'to open (the eyes)', probably short for 'Pekahiah', 'YHWH has opened [the eyes]'.

  4. 2 Kings 15:30 פֶּ֙קַח֙ Pekah

    Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

  5. 2 Kings 15:31 פֶ֖קַח Pekah

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

  6. 2 Kings 15:32 לְפֶ֥קַח of Pekah

    In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

  7. 2 Kings 15:37 פֶּ֥קַח Pekah

    (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

  8. 2 Kings 16:1 לְפֶ֖קַח of Pekah

    In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

  9. 2 Kings 16:5 וּפֶ֨קַח and Pekah

    Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

2 Chronicles · 1
  1. 2 Chronicles 28:6 פֶּ֨קַח Pekah

    For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

    Here: King of the northern kingdom of Israel (c. 740s–732 BC), who took the throne by assassinating Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:25). Assyrian records of Tiglath-pileser III mention him as 'Paqaha'. The name is from the root 'to open (the eyes)'.

Isaiah · 1
  1. Isaiah 7:1 וּפֶ֨קַח and Pekah

    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

    Here: King of the northern kingdom, who took the throne by assassination (2 Kings 15:25). He is the junior partner here.

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