Pᵉqachyâh — H6494

Definition

masculine proper noun

Pekachjah, an Israelite king

1. Pekahiah = "Jehovah sees"
2. 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

Usually translated as

Pekahiah

Origin

from H6491 and H3050; Jah has observed

• Derived from Pâqach (H6491)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Pᵉqachyâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (3)

• 2 Kings 15:22 — And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah (פְּקַחְיָ֥ה) his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 15:23 — In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah (פְּקַֽחְיָ֨ה) the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
• 2 Kings 15:26 — And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah (פְקַחְיָ֖ה), and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.