פְּלֵיטָה
pᵉlêyṭâh · pel-ay-taw'
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
Lexicon
Derivation: or פְּלֵטָה; feminine of H6412 (פָּלִיט);
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
- deliverance
- concretely, an escaped portion
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to surround and contain › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to surround and contain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּלֵיטָה 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- deliverance2 · 7%
- that is escaped2 · 7%
- and they that escape2 · 7%
- shall be deliverance2 · 7%
- shall escape1 · 4%
- of that which is escaped1 · 4%
- for them that be escaped1 · 4%
- for we shall not else escape1 · 4%
- that were escaped1 · 4%
- and none escaped1 · 4%
- of you, that are escaped1 · 4%
- us a remnant to escape1 · 4%
- us such deliverance1 · 4%
- nor escaping1 · 4%
- yet escaped1 · 4%
- that had escaped1 · 4%
- them that are escaped1 · 4%
- and such as are escaped1 · 4%
- upon him that escapeth1 · 4%
- to escape1 · 4%
- let none thereof escape1 · 4%
- a remnant1 · 4%
- shall not escape1 · 4%
- yea, and nothing shall escape1 · 4%
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.