Strong H64312 sensesפֶּ֫לֶת

Peleth

Transliteration
peleth
Pronunciation
peh'-leth

Meaning of the name

Peleth = "swiftness"

The 2 senses of Strong H6431

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6431 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Reubenite, father of On who rebelled against MosesH6431G1 verse · Numbers
  2. Son of Jonathan, descendant of JerahmeelH6431H1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

From an unused root meaning to flee;
swiftness;
{Peleth} the name of two Israelites: - Peleth.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • peleth2

First verses

  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, sons of Reuben, took men:
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:33
    And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.