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Lexicon :: Strong's H6432 - pᵊlēṯî

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פְּלֵתִי
Transliteration
pᵊlēṯî
Pronunciation
pel-ay-thee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same form as פֶּלֶת (H6431)
Strong’s Definitions

פְּלֵתִי Pᵉlêthîy, pel-ay-thee'; from the same form as H6431; a courier (collectively) or official messenger:—Pelethites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H6432 in the following manner: Pelethites (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H6432 in the following manner: Pelethites (7x).

  1. Pelethites = "couriers"

    1. a collective name for the guardsmen of David

      1. probably descendants of an unknown person, perhaps Philistine mercenaries

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פְּלֵתִי Pᵉlêthîy, pel-ay-thee'; from the same form as H6431; a courier (collectively) or official messenger:—Pelethites.
STRONGS H6432: Abbreviations
† פְּלֵתִי adjective, of a people from unknown proper name; only with article as collective noun with הַכְּרֵתִי (which see) of David's guard 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 20:7, 23; 1 Kings 1:38, 44; 1 Chronicles 18:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

8:18; 15:18; 20:7; 20:23

1 Kings

1:38; 1:44

1 Chronicles

18:17

H6432

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6432 matches the Hebrew פְּלֵתִי (pᵊlēṯî),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [head] over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards]; and David’s sons were [fn]chief [confidential] advisers (officials) [to the king].

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - All of David’s [fn]servants passed on beside him, and all the Cherethites, Pelethites and the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab’s men went after him, along with [David’s bodyguards] the Cherethites and Pelethites and all the warriors; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 -

Now Joab was [commander] over the entire army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [commander] over the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards];

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 -

So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards] went down [from Jerusalem] and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to [the spring at] Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - “The king has sent him with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have had him ride on the king’s [own royal] mule.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in charge of the [fn]Cherethites and the Pelethites [David’s bodyguards], and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.
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