פְּלֵיטָה peletah

Hebrew word for “survivor” · Strong’s H6413 · used 28 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) escape, deliverance; 1a) escape, deliverance; 1b) escaped remnant

How it is translated

Glosses given for peletah in context, with how often each is used:

• escaped remnant 19
• escape 4
• deliverance 3
• escaped thing 1
• will be for the escaped remnant 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 9 (4), 2 Kings 19 (2), Isaiah 37 (2), Joel 2 (2), Genesis 32 (1), Genesis 45 (1), Exodus 10 (1), Judges 21 (1), 2 Samuel 15 (1), 1 Chronicles 4 (1)

Forms

• פליטה 9
• לפליטה 4
• ופליטה 4
• הפלטה 2
• פליטת 2
• הפליטה 2
• לפליטת 2
• פלטה 2
• ופליטת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with peletah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 8
• שְׁאֵרִית sheerit “remnant” 6
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 7
• מַטָּה mattah “beneath” 3
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 4
• יָסַף yasaph “to add” 4
• נוּ nu “us” 4
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 5
• פְּרִי peri “fruit” 3
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 4
• הַר har “mountain” 4
• זֹאת zot “this” 4

Key verses

The verses using peletah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Chronicles 30:6 — So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye…
• Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God…
• Ezra 9:13 — And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,…
• Ezra 9:14 — Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed…
• Ezra 9:15 — O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand…
• Isaiah 4:2 — In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of…
• Isaiah 10:20 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote…
• Isaiah 37:31 — And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
• Jeremiah 50:29 — Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her…
• Ezekiel 14:22 — Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see…
• Joel 2:32 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as…
• Obadiah 1:17 — But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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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.