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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 - and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over[fn] the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - And there went out after him Joab’s men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king’s mule.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.
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