פְּלַח pelach
Hebrew word for “to serve” · Strong’s H6399 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) to serve, worship, revere, minister for, pay reverence to; 1a) (P'al); 1a1) to pay reverence to; 1a2) to serve
How it is translated
Glosses given for pelach in context, with how often each is used:
- paying reverence 6
- will pay reverence 3
- servants 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 3 (5), Daniel 6 (2), Daniel 7 (2), Ezra 7 (1)
Forms
- פלחין 4
- יפלחון 3
- פלח 2
- ופלחי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pelach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 10
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 8
- לָא la “not” 6
- שֵׁיזִב shezav “to rescue” 4
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 6
- סְגִד segid “to do homage” 4
- אִיתַי itay “there is” 4
- עֲנָה anah “to answer” 4
- כֹּל kol “all” 4
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 4
- מֵישַׁךְ meshakh “Meshach” 3
- שַׁדְרַךְ shadrakh “Shadrach” 3
Key verses
The verses using pelach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 7:24 — Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to…
- Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
- Daniel 3:14 — Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set…
- Daniel 3:17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- Daniel 3:18 — But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted…
- Daniel 6:16 — Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest…
- Daniel 6:20 — And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy…
- Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,…
- Daniel 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.