Peleth — H6431

Definition

masculine proper noun

Peleth, the name of two Israelites

1. Peleth = "swiftness"
2. a Reubenite, father of On who rebelled with Dathan and Abiram in the days of the wilderness wanderings
3. son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel of Judah

Usually translated as

Peleth

Origin

from an unused root meaning to flee; swiftness

Occurrences

Peleth occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 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 (פֶּ֖לֶת), sons of Reuben, took men:
• 1 Chronicles 2:33 — And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth (פֶּ֣לֶת), and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.