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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 Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab’s men and the Kerethites and Pelethites and all the mighty warriors went out under the command of Abishai. They marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Joab was over Israel’s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and they have put him on the king’s mule,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
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