6418. pelek

Strong's Concordance

pelek: whorl of a spindle, a district

Original Word: פֶלֶךְ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: pelek
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-lek)
Definition: whorl of a spindle, a district

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
whorl of a spindle, a district
NASB Translation
distaff (1), district (8), spindle (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מֶּ֫לֶךְ noun [masculine]

1 whirl of spindle.

2 district (properly circle, circuit); — absolute ׳פ 2 Samuel 3:29, מָּ֑לֶךְ Proverbs 31:19; construct מֶּלֶךְ Nehemiah 3:9 +; suffix מִּלְכּוֺ Nehemiah 3:17; —

1 whirl of spindle, 2 Samuel 3:29 (probably, see Dr), Proverbs 31:19 ("" כִּישׁוֺר).

2 district, Nehemiah 3:9,12,14,15,16,17 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 3:18.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

distaff, participle

From an unused root meaning to be round; a circuit (i.e. District); also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a crutch -- (di-)staff, participle

Forms and Transliterations

בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ בפלך לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃ לפלכו׃ פֶ֥לֶךְ פֶּ֣לֶךְ פֶּ֥לֶךְ פָֽלֶךְ׃ פלך פלך׃ bap·pe·leḵ bapPelech bappeleḵ Falech Felech lə·p̄il·kōw lefilKo ləp̄ilkōw p̄ā·leḵ p̄āleḵ pe·leḵ p̄e·leḵ Pelech peleḵ p̄eleḵ

Englishman's Concordance

2 Samuel 3:29
HEB: וּמְצֹרָ֞ע וּמַחֲזִ֥יק בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ וְנֹפֵ֥ל בַּחֶ֖רֶב
NAS: or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls
KJV: or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth
INT: leper takes of a distaff falls the sword

Nehemiah 3:9
HEB: שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס
NAS: of half the district of Jerusalem,
KJV: of the half part of Jerusalem.
INT: the official of half the district of Jerusalem

Nehemiah 3:12
HEB: שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֣לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ה֖וּא
NAS: of half the district of Jerusalem,
KJV: of the half part of Jerusalem,
INT: the official of half the district of Jerusalem he

Nehemiah 3:14
HEB: רֵכָ֔ב שַׂ֖ר פֶּ֣לֶךְ בֵּית־ הַכָּ֑רֶם
NAS: the official of the district of Beth-haccherem
KJV: the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem;
INT: of Rechab the official of the district of Beth-haccherem He

Nehemiah 3:15
HEB: חֹזֶה֮ שַׂ֣ר פֶּ֣לֶךְ הַמִּצְפָּה֒ ה֤וּא
NAS: the official of the district of Mizpah,
KJV: the ruler of part of Mizpah;
INT: of Col-hozeh the official of the district of Mizpah He

Nehemiah 3:16
HEB: שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֣לֶךְ בֵּֽית־ צ֑וּר
NAS: of half the district of Beth-zur,
KJV: of the half part of Bethzur,
INT: official of half the district of Beth-zur far

Nehemiah 3:17
HEB: שַׂר־ חֲצִי־ פֶ֥לֶךְ קְעִילָ֖ה לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃
NAS: of half the district of Keilah,
KJV: of the half part of Keilah,
INT: the official of half the district of Keilah his district

Nehemiah 3:17
HEB: פֶ֥לֶךְ קְעִילָ֖ה לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃ ס
NAS: carried out repairs for his district.
KJV: part of Keilah, in his part.
INT: the district of Keilah his district

Nehemiah 3:18
HEB: שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ קְעִילָֽה׃ ס
NAS: of [the other] half of the district of Keilah.
KJV: the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
INT: official half of the district of Keilah

Proverbs 31:19
HEB: וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ תָּ֣מְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ׃
NAS: And her hands grasp the spindle.
KJV: and her hands hold the distaff.
INT: hands grasp the spindle

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6418
10 Occurrences

bap·pe·leḵ — 1 Occ.
p̄ā·leḵ — 1 Occ.
p̄e·leḵ — 1 Occ.
lə·p̄il·kōw — 1 Occ.
pe·leḵ — 6 Occ.