Word Study · Strong's H6432 · Hebrew
פְּלֵתִי
Pelethi
pel-ay-thee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Pᵉlêthîy
“a courier (collectively) or official messenger”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a courier (collectively) or official messenger
Rendered in the KJV as
Pelethites.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י3
- הַפְּלֵתִ֑י1
- הַפְּלֵתִֽי׃1
- וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖י1
- וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔י1
How it is rendered · 2
- and the Pelethite[s]5
- the Pelethite[s]2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)5
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
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- HC/Td/Ngmsa · 5
- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:18וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יvehapeleticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.here: and the Pelethite[s]
- 2 Samuel 15:18הַפְּלֵתִ֑יhapeletithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.here: the Pelethite[s]
- 2 Samuel 20:7וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖יvehapeleticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.here: and the Pelethite[s]
- 2 Samuel 20:23הַפְּלֵתִֽי׃hapeletithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;here: the Pelethite[s]
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:38וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔יvehapeleticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.here: and the Pelethite[s]
- 1 Kings 1:44וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יvehapeleticonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.here: and the Pelethite[s]