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 times

Appears 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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