פְּלֵיטָה
pe.le.tah
“survivor”
Definition
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
or פְּלֵטָה; feminine of H6412 (פָּלִיט);
- escape, deliverance 1a) escape, deliverance 1b) escaped remnant
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
פְּלֵיטָה appears 26 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem,and survivors from Mount Zion.The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
On that day the remnant of Israeland the survivors of the house of Jacobwill no longer dependon him who struck them,but they will truly rely on the LORD,the Holy One of Israel.
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
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