Lexical Definition

‎פֶּלֶת‎ Peleth (peh'-leth) Peleth ^N:N-M-P
from an unused root meaning to flee; swiftness

Peleth.

• § Peleth = "swiftness"
• Peleth, the name of two Israelites

1) a Reubenite, father of On who rebelled with Dathan and Abiram in the days of the wilderness wanderings
2) son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫לֶת‎

proper name, masculine 1. Reubenite Num 16:1, Φαλεθ[κ]; read probably ‎פַּלּוּא‎ (q. v.) so Gf Dr and others

2. Judahite 1Chr 2:33: Θαλεθ, Φαλεθ[ατ].

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