Pekah — the meaning of the Hebrew name פֶּקַח

פֶּקַח

Peqach · pronounced peh'-kakh · Strong's H6492 · a man

Pekah means watch.

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Strong's definition

from H6491; watch; Pekach, an Israelite king.

First appearance

2Kgs 15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. (KJV)

Every verse that names Pekah

11 occurrences in 11 verses — 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah

2Kgs 15:252Kgs 15:272Kgs 15:292Kgs 15:302Kgs 15:312Kgs 15:322Kgs 15:372Kgs 16:12Kgs 16:52Chr 28:6Isa 7:1

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