Lexical Summary Peqachyah: "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Isr Original Word: פְקַחְיָהTransliteration: Peqachyah Phonetic Spelling: (pek-akh-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Isr Meaning: Pekahiah -- "Yah has opened (the eyes)", a king of Israel Strong's Concordance Pekahiah From paqach and Yahh; Jah has observed; Pekachjah, an Israelite king -- Pekahiah. see HEBREW paqach see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H6494. Peqachyah מְּקַחְיָה proper name, masculine king of Israel (׳י hath opened the eyes); — 2 Kings 15:22-23, 26, Φακεσιας, Φακειας. פקע (√ of following, meaning dubious; Late Hebrew מָּקַע split, spring off; compare ᵑ7 Ithpe`el, Syriac burst, crash; Late Hebrew מְּקַעַת is ball, roll, מְּקִיעַ wick, הִפְקִיעַ denominative; Arabic is be yellow, also break wind, II. crack finger-joints, etc.; Ecclus 46:17 פקע crash; מְּקַע ᵑ7 roll noisily; Syriac crash, crack). |