District
פֶּ֫לֶךְStrong’s H6418pelekh (pe-lekh)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pelekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “district of”, “on the spindle” and “district his”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.”
Meaning
- Whirl of spindle, stick, districtwhirl of spindle, stick · district, circuit
How it's translated
- district of 7
- on the spindle 1
- for district his 1
- spindle 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 7
- 2 Samuel 1
- Proverbs 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 3:9And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 3:12And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
- Nehemiah 3:14But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
- Nehemiah 3:15But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
- Nehemiah 3:16After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
- Nehemiah 3:17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּ֫לֶךְ pelekh · district
1) whirl of spindle, stick, district 1a) whirl of spindle, stick 1b) district, circuit
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “district” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISTRICT, noun
[Latin, to press hard, to bind. See Distrain.]
- Properly, a limited extent of country; a circuit within which power, right or authority may be exercised, and to which it is restrained; a word applicable to any portion of land or country, or to any part of a city or town, which is defined by law or agreement.
- A region; a territory within given lines; as the district of the earth which lies between the tropics, or that which is north of a polar circle.
- A region; a country; a portion of territory without very definite limits; as the districts of Russia covered by forest.
All definitions and other forms of “district”
DISTRICT, verb transitive
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory. Legislatures district states for the choice of senators. In New England, towns are districted for the purpose of establishing and managing schools.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.