Pᵉlêthîy — H6432

Definition

adjective

a courier (collectively) or official messenger

1. Pelethites = "couriers"
2. a collective name for the guardsmen of David
1. probably descendants of an unknown person, perhaps Philistine mercenaries

Usually translated as

Pelethites

Origin

from the same form as H6431

• Derived from Peleth (H6431)

Occurrences

Pᵉlêthîy occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Samuel 8:18 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites (וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י); and David’s sons were chief rulers.
• 2 Samuel 15:18 — And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites (הַפְּלֵתִ֑י), and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
• 2 Samuel 20:7 — And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites (וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖י), and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
• 2 Samuel 20:23 — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites (הַפְּלֵתִֽי):
• 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites (וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔י), went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
• 1 Kings 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites (וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י), and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
• 1 Chronicles 18:17 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites (וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י); and the sons of David were chief about the king.