Strong's Lexicon

H6393

H6393 — פְּלָדָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewpladahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1771

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6393
Word:	פְּלָדָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to divide
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	pladah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	pel-aw-daw'
Meaning:	1. a cleaver, i.e. iron armature (of a chariot)
KJV Renderings:	torch.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6631

[פְּלָדָה] noun feminine usually iron, steel (origin dubious; steel in Arabic is [untranscribed source text 4231], [untranscribed source text 4232] but Vulgar Arabic [untranscribed source text 4233]; Syriac [untranscribed source text 4234] (in Lexicons); loan-word from Persian [untranscribed source text 4235] according to Lag^{Ges. Abh. 75}, compare Nö^{ZMG xxx(1876), 769}, but uncertain, compare Now and references); — plural [absolute!] בְּאֵשׁפְּֿלָדֹת הָרֶכֶב Nah 2:4 < ׳ כָּאֵשׁ פִּלְדֹת וגו We Now, like fire the steel (fittings) of the chariots.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke