H6431: פֶּלֶת
Peleth · pronounced peh'-leth · “Peleth”
Definition
Peleth, the name of two Israelites
KJV translates it as: Peleth.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to flee; swiftness;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.16.1;
father of: On (H0203)
§ Peleth = "swiftness"
1) a Reubenite, father of On who rebelled with Dathan and Abiram in the days of the wilderness wanderings
2) son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel of Judah
father of: On (H0203)
§ Peleth = "swiftness"
1) a Reubenite, father of On who rebelled with Dathan and Abiram in the days of the wilderness wanderings
2) son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel of Judah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6431 is translated
- peleth ×2
Bible verses with H6431 (Peleth)
Peleth appears in 2 verses.
- Numbers 16:1
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
- 1 Chronicles 2:33
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.