Pelethites
Bible Usage:
- Pelethites used 7 times.
- First Reference: 2 Samuel 8:18
- Last Reference: 1 Chronicles 18:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6432 Used 7 times
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Pelethites
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 Samuel 8:18; 20:7, 23;1 Kings 1:38, 44; 1 Chronicles 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 Samuel 15:18), another body of foreign troops whom David gathered round him.
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Pelethites
judges; destroyers
Naves Topical Index
Pelethites
A part of David's bodyguard
1 Kings 1:38; 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Chronicles 18:17
Absalom's escort
2 Samuel 15:18
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Pelethites
(couriers). [CHERETHITES]