Someone descended from Pelath(?), first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18 § Pelethites = "couriers" 1) a collective name for the guardsmen of David 1a) probably descendants of an unknown person, perhaps Philistine mercenaries
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H6432 — פְּלֵתִי
pe.le.ti · Pelethite · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
2 Samuel 8:18 · וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יand Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.2 Samuel 15:18 · הַפְּלֵתִ֑יAnd all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.2 Samuel 20:7 · וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖יAnd the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;2 Samuel 20:23 · הַפְּלֵתִֽי׃And Joab is over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,1 Kings 1:38 · וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔יAnd Zadok the priest goeth down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause Solomon to ride on the mule of king David, and cause him to go unto Gihon,1 Kings 1:44 · וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יand the king sendeth with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause him to ride on the king’s mule,1 Chronicles 18:17 · וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יand Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David are at the hand of the king.