Hebrew word · H6494

פְּקַחְיָה

pekachyah

Pekahiah

Appears 3 times in 3 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.15.22;

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

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 · 3

  1. 2 Kings 15:22 פְּקַחְיָ֥ה Pekahiah

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

  2. 2 Kings 15:23 פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה Pekahiah

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

  3. 2 Kings 15:26 פְקַחְיָ֖ה Pekahiah

    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.

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