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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #6418 - פֶּלֶךְ

Transliteration

pelek

Phonetics

peh'-lek

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be round

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1775a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

whirl of spindle, stick, district
1. whirl of spindle, stick
2. district, circuit

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3313 ‑ μέρος (mer'‑os); 4066 ‑ περίχωρος (per‑ikh'‑o‑ros);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

BSB (6)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

CSB (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

ESV (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

KJV (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

LEB (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

LSB (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

N95 (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

NAS (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

2 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 8

Proverbs 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2610) k l p (פלכ PLK) AC: ? CO: Stick AB: ?: [from: kl- using a staff]

N^m ) k l p (פלכ PLK) - I. Stick: II. District:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (10): part, staff, distaff - Strongs: H6418 (פֶּלֶךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶּ֫לֶךְ noun [masculine]

1 whirl of spindle.

2 district (properly circle, circuit); — absolute ׳פ 2 Samuel 3:29, מָּ֑לֶךְ Proverbs 31:19; construct מֶּלֶךְ Nehemiah 3:9 +; suffix מִּלְכּוֺ Nehemiah 3:17; —

1 whirl of spindle, 2 Samuel 3:29 (probably, see Dr), Proverbs 31:19 ("" כִּישׁוֺר).

2 district, Nehemiah 3:9,12,14,15,16,17 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 3:18.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פֶּלֶךְ m. with suff. פִּלְכּוֹ m.

(1) a circle, circuit, environs (Kreis, Bezirk) i.e. כִּכָּר (Arab. فَلَكَةُ, Chald. פֶּלֶךְ id.) Nehemiah 3:9, seqq. פֶּלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם “the region around Jerusalem,” Nehemiah 3:12, 14, 15.

(2) the whirl of a woman’s spindle, and here the spindle itself, Proverbs 31:19. (Arab. فَلَكَةُ id., Talmud. פלד, פלכה, פילכה, whence פַּלֵּךְ to spin).

(3) a round staff, crutch, 2 Samuel 3:29. LXX. σκυτάλη.

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List of Word Forms

בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ בפלך לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃ לפלכו׃ פֶ֥לֶךְ פֶּ֣לֶךְ פֶּ֥לֶךְ פָֽלֶךְ׃ פלך פלך׃ bap·pe·leḵ bapPelech bappeleḵ Falech Felech lə·p̄il·kōw lefilKo ləp̄ilkōw p̄ā·leḵ p̄āleḵ pe·leḵ p̄e·leḵ Pelech peleḵ p̄eleḵ