פְּלֻגָּה
pᵉluggâh · H6392 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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grouping, division
A group of people within a larger group, placed together for a particular task or duty
ExamplesEzra 6:18 Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מַחֲלֹקֶת machălôqeth · H4256 · division, allotment, portion
- Hebrew מַחֲלֹקֶת denotes a division or course (especially of priests or Levites) and is semantically parallel to פְּלֻגָּה as a term for an organizational division or group, though from a different root (חלק).
In the other Testament 1 word
- μερίς merís · G3310 · share, portion, district
- Greek μερίς denotes a part, portion, or division and serves as a direct translation equivalent for Hebrew פְּלֻגָּה in contexts referring to organizational or territorial divisions.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Groups001001003004
- Ezra 6:18 recounts that “they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem.”
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6392. peluggah מְּלֻגָּה noun feminine division; — suffix מְּלֻגָָּֽתְהוֺן Ezr 6:18.
מְּלֻגָּה noun feminine division; — suffix מְּלֻגָָּֽתְהוֺן Ezr 6:18.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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