פַּלֻּאִי
pal.lu.i
Palluite
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the data, the Hebrew word פַּלֻּאִי (Pal.lu.i) or Palluite, with Strong's number H6396, is a proper noun referring to a person. It appears five times in the Bible, indicating that this individual or group of people is a significant enough entity to be mentioned multiple times in the scripture. The frequency and repetition of the name Palluite suggest that this person, likely an individual given the singular reference, played an important role in the community or was significant in some way. The limited information provided by the lexicon data restricts any further interpretation of their importance or impact.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Exodus 6:14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
Numbers 26:5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
Numbers 26:8The son of Pallu: Eliab.
1 Chronicles 5:3the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.