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Strong H6396פַּלּוּא

Pallu

Transliteration
pallû'
Pronunciation
pal-loo'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H6395; distinguished;
{Pallu} an Israelite: - {Pallu} Phallu.

Meaning of the name

Pallu or Phallu = "distinguished"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.9;
son of: Reuben (H7205);
brother of: Hanoch (H2585J), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756);
father of: Eliab (H446H)
Also named: pal.lu.i (פַּלֻּאִי "Palluite" H6384)

In the biblical story

Pallu

Son of Reuben, ancestor of the Palluites

Pallu was a son of Reuben and the ancestor of the Palluite clan within the tribe of Reuben.

In the Bible

Strong H6396 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pallu4
  • phallu1

First verses

  1. Genesis 46:9
    And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
  2. Exodus 6:14
    These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
  3. Numbers 26:5
    Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
  4. Numbers 26:8
    And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
  5. 1 Chronicles 5:3
    The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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