Peleg פֶּ֫לֶג
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| פֶּ֫לֶג | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | peleg |
| Strong's number | H6388 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | stream |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (4) |
Peleg (Hebrew פֶּ֫לֶג, Strong's H6388) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “stream”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
channel, canal
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | rivers (8), streams (1), river (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | streams (6), whose streams (1), your streams (1), is a waterway (1), like streams (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Peleg, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
Psalms
- Psalm 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalm 46:4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Psalm 65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- Psalm 119:136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 30:25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).