פְּלֵתִי
pe.le.tiNounH6432
Pelethite
From: from the same form as H6431 (פֶּלֶת);
Short Definition
a courier (collectively) or official messenger
Full Lexicon Entry
Someone descended from Pelath(?), first mentioned at § Pelethites = "couriers" 1) a collective name for the guardsmen of a) probably descendants of an unknown person, perhaps Philistine mercenaries
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun
Morphology N:N--TG
DescriptionN:N--TG
Occurrences
7 timesAppears 7 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
2 Samuel
4
1 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 18:17
- 1 Kings 1:38
- 1 Kings 1:44
- 2 Samuel 15:18
- 2 Samuel 20:7
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