The meaning of “פֶּלֶג”
Understanding peleg reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
river, stream. - a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation) 1) channel, canal
פֶּלֶג
river, stream. - a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation) 1) channel, canal
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 29:6 | “When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;” Word: פֶּלֶג (peleg) | |
| Psalms 65:9 | “Thou 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.” Word: פֶּלֶג (peleg) | |
| Proverbs 21:1 | “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” Word: פֶּלֶג (peleg) | |
| Isaiah 32:2 | “And 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.” Word: פֶּלֶג (peleg) | |
| Lamentations 3:48 | “Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.” Word: פֶּלֶג (peleg) |
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