# H6494 פְּקַחְיָה

פְּקַחְיָה (Pᵉqachyâh), Strong’s H6494: Pekachjah, an Israelite king KJV: Pekahiah.. Occurs 3 times.

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*Pᵉqachyâh* — Pekachjah, an Israelite king

KJV: Pekahiah.

Built from [פָּקַח pâqach](https://besorah.bible/word/H6491) (to open) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has observed”

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- פְּקַחְיָה n.pr.m. king of Israel (י׳ hath opened the eyes)

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 15:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=22) — Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
- [2 Kings 15:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=23) — In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria for…
- [2 Kings 15:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=26) — Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of…