CSB

CSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6400 - pelaḥ

Choose a new font size and typeface
פֶּלַח
Transliteration
pelaḥ
Pronunciation
peh'-lakh
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1773a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּלַח pelach, peh'-lakh; from H6398; a slice:—piece.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6400 in the following manner: piece (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6400 in the following manner: piece (6x).
  1. cleavage, mill-stone, cut, slice, part cut off

    1. mill-stone

    2. cleavage, slice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּלַח pelach, peh'-lakh; from H6398; a slice:—piece.
STRONGS H6400: Abbreviations
פֶּ֫לַח noun feminine Job 41:16 cleavage, mill-stone (mill cleft between the stones ? compare GFMJu; Targum פִּלְחָא); — פ׳ absolute Job 41:16, elsewhere construct; —
1.
a. mill-stone, רֶכֶב פ׳ mill-stone of riding, i.e. upper stone, which is turned (compare רֶכֶב), Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21; תַּחְתִּית פ׳ Job 41:16 lower mill-stone (simile of hardness).
b. דְּבֵלָה פ׳ 1 Samuel 30:12 a cake of figs (from shape ?).
2. cleavge, split, hence slice הָרִמּוֺן פ׳ Songs 4:3 = Songs 6:7 simile of human temple (from colour, compare Wetzst in DeComm. Excurs. A).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

9:53

1 Samuel

30:12

2 Samuel

11:21

Job

41:16; 41:16; 41:16

Song of Songs

4:3; 6:7

H6400

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6400 matches the Hebrew פֶּלַח (pelaḥ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 -

But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 -

Then they gave him some pressed figs and two clusters of raisins. After he ate he revived, for he hadn’t eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 -

“At Thebez, who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth?[fn][fn] Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the top of the wall so that he died? Why did you get so close to the wall? ’ ​— ​then say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hethite is dead also.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:24 -

His heart is as hard as a rock,

as hard as a lower millstone!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 -

Your lips are like a scarlet cord,

and your mouth[fn] is lovely.

Behind your veil,

your brow[fn] is like a slice of pomegranate.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 -

Behind your veil,

your brow[fn] is like a slice of pomegranate.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
CSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
CSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan