NAVE: Pelethites
EBD: Pelethites
SMITH: PELETHITES
ISBE: PELETHITES
Pelethites
In Bible versions:
Pelethites: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVPerethites: NET
judges; destroyers
a type of soldier among David's men, perhaps mercenaries (OS).
a type of soldier among David's men, perhaps mercenaries (OS).
Hebrew
Strongs #06432: ytlp P@lethiy
Pelethites = "couriers"1) a collective name for the guardsmen of David
1a) probably descendants of an unknown person, perhaps Philistine
mercenaries
6432 Plethiy pel-ay-thee'
from the same form as 6431; a courier (collectively) or official messenger: KJV -- Pelethites.see HEBREW for 06431
Pelethites [nave]
PELETHITESA part of David's bodyguard, 1 Kin. 1:38; 2 Sam. 8:18; 20:7, 23; 1 Chr. 18:17.
Absalom's escort, 2 Sam. 15:18.
Pelethites [ebd]
mentioned always along with the Cherethites, and only in the time of David. The word probably means "runners" or "couriers," and may denote that while forming part of David's bodyguard, they were also sometimes employed as couriers (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:7, 23;1 Kings 1:38, 44; 1 Chr. 18:17). Some, however, think that these are the names simply of two Philistine tribes from which David selected his body-guard. They are mentioned along with the Gittites (2 Sam. 15:18), another body of foreign troops whom David gathered round him.
PELETHITES [smith]
(couriers). [PELETHITES [isbe]
PELETHITES - pel'-e-thits, pe'-leth-its (pelethi): A company of David's bodyguard, like the CHERETHITES (which see) (2 Sam 8:18; 15:18); probably a corrupt form of "Philistines."
