Peleg
PELEG
Son of Eber, and fourth in descent from Shem. He was called Peleg, division, because in his time the earth was divided, Gen 10:25 ; 11:16.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Peleg
(Heb. id. , division; Sept. v. r. , ; Josephus, , Ant. 1:6, 5), the son of Eber, and father of Reu (Gen 11:16-19). B.C. 24152176. He was the elder brother of Joktan, and the fourth in descent from Shem. This name is said to have been given him because in his days was the earth divided (Gen 10:25; 1Ch 1:19). This notice is usually thought to refer, not to the general dispersion of the human family subsequently to the Deluge, but to a division of the family of Eber himself, the younger branch of whom (the Joktanids) migrated into southern Arabia, while the elder remained in Mesopotamia. The name Phaliga occurs for a town at the junction of the Chaboras with the Euphrates; but the late date of the author who mentions the name (Isidorus of Charax) prevents any great stress being laid upon it. The separation of the Joktanids from the stock whence the Hebrews sprang finds a place in the Mosaic table, as marking an epoch in the age immediately succeeding the Deluge. According to others, however, the name indicates a mere earthquake, or at most an actual division of the earth in some geological convulsion, in which islands and continents were separated and formed by volcanic agency, and followed by extensive emigrations (Gen 9:19; Gen 10:32; Deu 32:8-9). Peleg is called Phalec () in the New Test. (Luk 3:35). SEE DISPERSION OF NATIONS.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Peleg
division, one of the sons of Eber; so called because “in his days was the earth divided” (Gen. 10:25). Possibly he may have lived at the time of the dispersion from Babel. But more probably the reference is to the dispersion of the two races which sprang from Eber, the one spreading towards Mesopotamia and Syria, and the other southward into Arabia.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Peleg
(“division”.) Eber’s son, Joktan’s brother (Gen 10:25; Gen 11:16). “In his days the earth was divided.” His name marks an epoch in the world’s history:
(1) God’s intimation of His will that the earth was to be divided in an orderly distribution of the various families of mankind, which order the Hamitic Babel builders tried to contravene (Gen 11:4), in order to concentrate their power; also the Hamite Canaanites in “spreading abroad” broke the bounds assigned by God, seizing the sacred possession of Shem where Jehovah was to be blessed as “the Lord God of Shem” (Gen 9:26; Gen 9:18-20).
(2) The division of Eber’s family; the younger branch, the Joktanids, migrating into S. Arabia the elder Peleg remaining in Mesopotamia.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Peleg
PELEG.Mentioned as a link in our Lords genealogy (Luk 3:35, Authorized Version Phalec).
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Peleg
PELEG.A descendant of Shem in the fourth generation, according to the table of peoples given in Gen 10:1-32. In Luk 3:35 he stands a generation further off through the interpolation of Cainan from the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] . The etymology of the name is uncertain. Its reference may be geographical, or racial, or, as the word means ordinarily a water-course, it may denote a land cut up by streams.
W. F. Cobb.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Peleg
Son of Eher. (Gen 11:16) So called from Pillig, to cut or divide.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Peleg
peleg (, pelegh, watercourse, division): A son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. The derivation of the name is given: for in his days was the earth divided (niphleghah) (Gen 10:25; compare Luk 3:35, the King James Version Phalec). This probably refers to the scattering of the world’s population and the confounding of its language recorded in Gen 11:1-9. In Aramaic pelagh and Arabic phalaj mean division; in Hebrew pelegh means watercourse. The name may really be due to the occupation by this people of some well-watered (furrowed), district (e.g. in Babylonia), for these patronymics represent races, and the derivation in Gen 10:25 is a later editor’s remark.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Peleg
Peleg, son of Eber, and fourth in descent from Shem. His name means division, and is said to have been given him ‘because in his days the earth was divided’ (Gen 10:25; Gen 11:16).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Peleg
[Pe’leg]
Son of Eber, a descendant of Shem. The name signifies ‘division,’ and apparently he was so called because ‘in his days was the earth divided.’ Gen 10:25. This doubtless means, as is said in Gen 10:5, “By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; ” and again in Gen 10:32, “By these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.” In the next chapter is the account of the confusion of tongues and the scattering of the people generally. Gen 11:16-19; 1Ch 1:19; 1Ch 1:25.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Peleg
H6389
Son of Eber.
Gen 10:25; Gen 11:16-19; 1Ch 1:19; 1Ch 1:25
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Peleg
Pe’leg. (division, part). Son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. Gen 10:25; Gen 11:16. The only incident connected with his history is the statement that “in his days was the earth divided.” An event embodied in the meaning of his name — “division.” The reference is to a division, of the family of Eber himself, the younger branch of which, (the Joktanids), migrated into southern Arabia, while the elder remained in Mesopotamia.