Strong H6432פְּלֵתִי
Pelethite
- Transliteration
- pelêthîy
- Pronunciation
- pel-ay-thee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of some kind in Gentilic sense
Definition
From the same form as H6431; a courier (collectively) or official messenger: - Pelethites.
Meaning of the name
Pelethites = "couriers"
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Pelath(?), first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18
In the biblical story
Pelethites
Elite military unit loyal to King David
The Pelethites, along with the Cherethites, were an elite military unit loyal to King David.
In the Bible
Strong H6432 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pelethites7
First verses
- 2 Samuel 8:18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
- 2 Samuel 15:18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
- 2 Samuel 20:7And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
- 1 Kings 1:38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44And 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, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
- 1 Chronicles 18:17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.