Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H6399
פְּלַח
pelachpel-akh'
to serve
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pᵉlach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6399is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6399
to serve or worship
The King James renders it: minister, serve.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pelach is rendered "to serve". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 7:24And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
Ezra 7:24וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- paying reverence6
- they will pay reverence3
- and servants of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pelishti | Philistine | Uses287 |
| פְּלֵיטָה | peletah | survivor | Uses28 |
| פְּלֵתִי | Pelethi | Pelethite | Uses7 |
| פְּלֹנִי | peloni | someone | Uses3 |
| פְּלֻגָּה | peluggah | division | Uses3 |
| פְּלוֹנִי | Peloni | Pelonite | Uses3 |
| פְּלַג | pelag | to divide | Uses1 |
| פְּלַג | pelag | half | Uses1 |
| פְּלָדָה | peladah | iron | Uses1 |
| פְּלַגָּה | pelaggah | stream | Uses1 |
| פְּלֻגָּה | peluggah | division | Uses1 |
| פְּלִילָה | pelilah | judge | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- פָּֽלַֽח־2
- פָֽלְחִ֔ין2
- וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י1
- יִפְלְח֤וּן1
- יִפְלְח֑וּן1
- יִפְלְח֖וּן1
- פָלְחִ֔ין1
- פָּֽלְחִ֔ין1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural4AVqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3AVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2AVqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1AC/Vqrmpc
Ezra
one use
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
- וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔יufalecheiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and servants of
Daniel
nine uses
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- פָלְחִ֔יןfalechinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: paying reverence
and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?
- פָּֽלְחִ֔יןpalechinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: paying reverence
If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.
- פָֽלְחִ֔יןfalechinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: paying reverence
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- פָֽלְחִ֔יןfalechinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: paying reverence
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
- יִפְלְח֤וּןyiflechunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pay reverence
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
- פָּֽלַֽח־palach-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: paying reverence
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
- פָּֽלַֽח־palach-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: paying reverence
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- יִפְלְח֑וּןyiflechunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pay reverence
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
- יִפְלְח֖וּןyiflechunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pay reverence
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.