Bible Dictionary: Peleg

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Peleg

division

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Peleg

(division, part), son of Eber and brother of Joktan. (Genesis 10:25; 11:16) The only incident connected with his history is the statement that "in his days was the earth divided." an event embodied in the meaning of his name --"division." The reference is to a division of the family of Eber himself, the younger branch of which (the Joktanids) migrated into southern Arabia, while the elder remained in Mesopotamia.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Peleg

Son of Eber, and fourth in descent from Shem. He was called Peleg, division, because in his time the earth was divided, Genesis 10:25; 11:16.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Division, one of the sons of Eber; so called because "in his days was the earth divided" (Genesis 10:25). Possibly he may have lived at the time of the dispersion from Babel. But more probably the reference is to the dispersion of the two races which sprang from Eber, the one spreading towards Mesopotamia and Syria, and the other southward into Arabia.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PELEG

pe'-leg (pelegh, "watercourse," "division"): A son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. The derivation of the name is given: "for in his days was the earth divided" (niphleghah) (Genesis 10:25; compare Luke 3:35, the King James Version "Phalec"). This probably refers to the scattering of the world's population and the confounding of its language recorded in Genesis 11:1-9. In Aramaic pelagh and Arabic phalaj mean "division"; in Hebrew pelegh means "watercourse." The name may really be due to the occupation by this people of some well-watered (furrowed), district (e.g. in Babylonia), for these patronymics represent races, and the derivation in Genesis 10:25 is a later editor's remark.

S. F. Hunter

Greek

5317. Phalek -- Peleg, a patriarch
... Peleg, a patriarch. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Phalek
Phonetic Spelling: (fal'-ek) Short Definition: Peleg Definition: Peleg ...
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1443. Eber -- Heber, an ancestor of Christ
... Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Eber Phonetic Spelling:
(eb-er') Short Definition: Eber Definition: Eber, father of Peleg and son of ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6389. Peleg -- a son of Eber
... 6388, 6389. Peleg. 6390 . a son of Eber. Transliteration: Peleg Phonetic
Spelling: (peh'-leg) Short Definition: Peleg. Word Origin ...
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6388. peleg -- a channel, canal
... 6387, 6388. peleg. 6389 . a channel, canal. Transliteration: peleg Phonetic
Spelling: (peh'-leg) Short Definition: streams. ... 6387, 6388. peleg. 6389 . ...
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7466a. Reu -- son of Peleg
... Reu. 7466b . son of Peleg. Transliteration: Reu Short Definition: Reu. Word Origin
from raah Definition son of Peleg NASB Word Usage Reu (5). 7466, 7466a. ...
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8286. Serug -- a descendant of Peleg
... Serug. 8287 . a descendant of Peleg. Transliteration: Serug Phonetic Spelling:
(ser-oog') Short Definition: Serug. ... of Peleg NASB Word Usage Serug (5). Serug. ...
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7466. R'uw -- son of Peleg
R'uw. 7465, 7466. R'uw. 7466a . son of Peleg. Transliteration: R'uw Phonetic
Spelling: (reh-oo') Short Definition: Reu. Reu For r ...
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Library

That the Original Language in Use among Men was that which was ...
... Some one will say: If the earth was divided by languages in the days of Peleg, Heber's
son, that language, which was formerly common to all, should rather have ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 that the original language.htm

Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is ...
... unquestionably it is this which fulfills the promise I made, that it should appear
why it is said of the sons of Heber, "The name of the one was Peleg, for in ...
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Jewish Chronology.
... of this Thare the father is Nachor, and of this Nachor the father is Serag, and
of this Serag the father is Reu, and of this Reu the father is Peleg, and of ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxvi jewish chronology.htm

Chapter xi
... That the author was intending right along to treat of this confusion of tongues
appears from Genesis 10:25, where in connection with Peleg it is mentioned that ...
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The Twelve and the Seventy.
... According to the ideas of the Jews of that age there were seventy heathen nations;
[43:3] and it is rather singular that, omitting Peleg the progenitor of the ...
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Chapter x
... The first is Peleg, the second Joktan. 25. ... For here Peleg and Joktan are distinctly
called "sons," and one is said to be the "brother" of the other. ...
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C. The Genealogy of Jesus. Ch. 3:23-38
... 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son ...
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Genealogy According to Luke.
... 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son ...
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Of the Generations of the Three Sons of Noah.
... And Heber begat two sons, and called the one Peleg, which means "dividing;" and
Scripture subjoins the reason of this name, saying, "for in his days was the ...
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Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn i. This is the Day that Gladdened Them ...
... In Peleg's days earth was divided into tongues, threescore and ten. [371]
For Him Who by the tongues, to His Apostles divided earth. ...
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Thesaurus

Peleg (8 Occurrences)
...PELEG. pe'-leg (pelegh, "watercourse," "division"): A son of Eber, and brother of
Joktan. ... SF Hunter. Multi-Version Concordance Peleg (8 Occurrences). ...
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Eber (16 Occurrences)
... Eber, in Genesis; Obed, in Ch): (1) Occurs in the genealogies (Genesis 10:21, 25;
Genesis 11:14) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. ...
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Reu (6 Occurrences)
... REU. re'-u, roo (re`u, Rhagau): A son of Peleg, a descendant of Shem (Genesis
11:18 1 Chronicles 1:25 Luke 3:35). Multi-Version Concordance Reu (6 Occurrences). ...
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Re'u (6 Occurrences)
... Luke 3:35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the
son of Shelah, (See RSV). ... 1 Chronicles 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, (See RSV). ...
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Begetteth (52 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 11:16 And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
(YLT). ... (YLT). Genesis 11:18 And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu. ...
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Begot (119 Occurrences)
... (DBY JPS). Genesis 11:16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg. (DBY
JPS). ... (DBY JPS). Genesis 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. ...
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Thirty (189 Occurrences)
... Genesis 11:16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg. ... Genesis
11:18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. ...
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Joktan (6 Occurrences)
... Genesis 10:25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in
his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan. ...
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Phalec (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Luke 3:35)=Peleg (qv), Genesis 11:16. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. PHALEC. fa'-lek (Phalek, Westcott ...
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Begetting (20 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 11:17 And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred
and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Peleg (8 Occurrences)

Luke 3:35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
(WEB WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 10:25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Peleg

Peleg: Son of Eber

Related Terms

Eber (16 Occurrences)

Reu (6 Occurrences)

Re'u (6 Occurrences)

Begetteth (52 Occurrences)

Begot (119 Occurrences)

Thirty (189 Occurrences)

Joktan (6 Occurrences)