H6412 פָּלִיט (pâlîyṭ) paw-leet'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a refugee

Derivation: or פָּלֵיט; or פָּלֵט; from H6403 (פָּלַט);

KJV Usage: (that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.

TWOT Reference: 1774b,c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) refugee, fugitive, escaped one

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1309

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פָּלִיט (pa.lit) — survivor. refugee, fugitive, escaped one Also means: pa.let (פָּלֵיט "survivor" H6412B)

פָּלֵיט (pa.let) — survivor. refugee, fugitive, escaped one Another spelling of pa.lit (פָּלִיט "survivor" H6412A)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פָּלִיט (H6412a) SAHD

noun m · פלט

People

escaped one, fugitive, survivor = a person who was able to flee from danger

GEN 14:13 · JOS 8:22 · JDG 12:4 · JDG 12:5 · 2KI 9:15 · ISA 45:20 · JER 42:17 · JER 44:14 · JER 44:28 · LAM 2:22 · EZK 6:8 · EZK 6:9 · EZK 7:16 · EZK 24:26 · EZK 24:27 · EZK 33:21 · EZK 33:22 · AMO 9:1 · OBA 1:14

P.J. Williams

פָּלֵיט (H6412b) — פָּלֵט

noun m · פלט

People

escaped one, fugitive, survivor = a person who was able to flee from danger

NUM 21:29 · ISA 66:19 · JER 44:14 · JER 50:28 · JER 51:50

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פָּלִיט n.m. escaped one, fugitive base

[פָּלֵיט] n.m. id. [q.bo.ae] base

Bible Occurrences (23)

14:13

21:29

8:22

12:4 12:5

9:15

45:20 66:19

42:17 44:14 44:28 50:28 51:50

2:22

6:8 6:9 7:16 24:26 24:27 33:21 33:22

9:1

1:14

Genesis 14:13

Then an escapee came and reported [this] to Abram the Hebrew. Now [Abram] was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol [and] Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Numbers 21:29

Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

Joshua 8:22

Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides.... So [Israel] struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.

Judges 12:4

Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim... and Manasseh.

Judges 12:5

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, Let me cross over, the Gileadites would ask him,... Are you an Ephraimite? If he answered, No,

2 Kings 9:15

but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered [at the hands] of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.... So Jehu said, If... you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell [it] in Jezreel.

Isaiah 45:20

Come, gather together, and draw near..., you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant [are] those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

Isaiah 66:19

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations — to Tarshish, Put, and the archers... of Lud; [to] Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame... or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.