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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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18 -

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

and David’s sons were chief officials.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 -

while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the people of Gath— six hundred men who came with him from there ​— ​marched past the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 -

So Joab’s men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors marched out under Abishai’s command;[fn] they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 -

Joab commanded the whole army of Israel;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 -

Then the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 -

“And with Solomon, the king has sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king’s mule.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 -

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

and David’s sons were the chief officials at the king’s side.

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