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H6388 פֶּלֶג (peleg) peh'-leg

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

stream

Strong's Definition

a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)

Derivation: from H6385 (פָּלַג);

KJV Usage: river, stream.

TWOT Reference: 1769a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) channel, canal

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫לֶג (pe.leg) — stream. channel, canal

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · פלג

Waterbodies

channel, watercourse = a body of flowing water, ◄ probably dug by humans

PSA 1:3 · PSA 46:5 · PSA 65:10 · PRO 21:1 · ISA 30:25

Flow | ≈ מַעְיָן

stream = a relatively large quantity of liquid flowing with strength

JOB 29:6 · PSA 119:136 · PRO 5:16 · ISA 32:2 · LAM 3:48

name

Names of People

Peleg = man; ◄ son of Eber; descendant of Shem; ► father of Reu

GEN 10:25 · GEN 11:16 · GEN 11:17 · GEN 11:18 · GEN 11:19 · 1CH 1:19 · 1CH 1:25

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫לֶג n.m. (cleft) channel, (artif.) canal base

Bible Occurrences (10)

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