פְּלַח
pᵉlach · pel-akh'
to serve or worship
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H6398 (פָּלַח);
to serve or worship
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: minister, serve.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
To speak, the word of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- serve4 · 40%
- or ministers1 · 10%
- they serve1 · 10%
- servest1 · 10%
- whom thou servest1 · 10%
- should serve1 · 10%
- shall serve1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.