Pelonite

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 11:27;  1 Chronicles 27:10. (See Paltite ; Helez.) A designation from the place of birth or residence. For "Ahijah the Pelonite" ( 1 Chronicles 11:36)  2 Samuel 23:34 has "Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Shilohite," the Chronicles reading is probably a corruption of text.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

PELONITE. A designation applied to two of David’s heroes (  1 Chronicles 11:27;   1 Chronicles 11:35 ). For the former see Paltite. In the second case ‘ Pelonite ’ is prob. a scribal error for ‘ Gilonite .’

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Designation of Helez and Ahijah, two of David's mighty men. Why they are so called is not known.  1 Chronicles 11:27,36;  1 Chronicles 27:10 . In  2 Samuel 23:26 Helez is called 'the Paltite.'

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 11:27 1 Chronicles 11:36 1 Chronicles 27:10 2 Samuel 23:26

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

An inhabitant of this city in Judea. ( 1 Chronicles 11:36) The name is taken from Pala, somewhat concealed.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. with the art. hap-Peloni', הִפְּלוֹנַי , as if from a place or man Pelon. otherwise unknown; Sept. n Ὁ Φελωνί v. r. Ὁ Φαλλωνί ,  1 Chronicles 11:27; Ὁ Φελλωνί ,  1 Chronicles 11:36; Ὁ Ἐκ Φαλλοῦς ,  1 Chronicles 27:10; Vulg. Phalonites, Phelonites, Phallonites). Two of David's mighty men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites ( 1 Chronicles 11:27;  1 Chronicles 11:36). From  1 Chronicles 27:10 it appears that the former was of the tribe of Ephraim, and "Pelonite" would therefore be an appellation derived from his place of birth or residence. But in the Targum of rabbi Joseph it is evidently regarded as a patronymic, and is rendered in the last-mentioned passage "of the seed of Pelan." In the list of 2 Samuel 23 Helez is called ( 2 Samuel 23:26) "the Paltite," that is, as Bertheau (on 1 Chronicles 11) conjectures, of Beth-Palet, or Beth-Phelet, in the south of Judah. But it seems probable that "Pelonite" is the correct reading. (See Paltite). "Ahijah the Pelonite" appears in  2 Samuel 23:34 as "Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite," of which the former is a corruption; "Ahijah" forming the first part of "Ahithophel," annd "Pelonite" and "Gilonite" differing only by פ and ג - If we follow the Sept. of 1 Chronicles 27, the place from which Helez took his name would be of the form Phallu, but there is no trace of it elsewhere, and the Sept. must have had a differently pointed text. In Heb. פְּלנַי , Peloni, as an appellative, corresponds to the Greek Ὁ Δεῖνα , "such a one:" it still exists in Arabic and in the Spanish Don Fulano, Mr. So-and-so.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pel´ṓ - nı̄t , pē´lṓ - nı̄t , pḗ - lō´nı̄t ( פּלוני , pelōnı̄ , a place-name): Two of David's heroes are thus described: (1) "Helez the Pelonite" (  1 Chronicles 11:27 ) (see Paltite ); and (2) "Ahijah the Pelonite" ( 1 Chronicles 11:36 ).