פָּלִיט
pâlîyṭ · paw-leet'
a refugee
Lexicon
Derivation: or פָּלֵיט; or פָּלֵט; from H6403 (פָּלַט);
a refugee
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to surround and contain
To speak, the word of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּלִיט 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- or escape2 · 10%
- one that had escaped1 · 5%
- that escaped1 · 5%
- are fugitives1 · 5%
- which were escaped1 · 5%
- nor escape1 · 5%
- ye that are escaped1 · 5%
- those that escape1 · 5%
- there, shall escape1 · 5%
- that escape1 · 5%
- none escaped1 · 5%
- that ye may have some that shall escape1 · 5%
- and they that escape1 · 5%
- of them shall escape1 · 5%
- that he that escapeth1 · 5%
- to him which is escaped1 · 5%
- that one that had escaped1 · 5%
- he that was escaped1 · 5%
- and he that escapeth1 · 5%
- those of his that did escape1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
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.