(Palʹtite) [Of (Belonging to) Beth-pelet; or, Of (Belonging to) the House of Pelet].

A term used with reference to Helez, one of David’s mighty men and generally believed to refer to a native of Beth-pelet. (2Sa 23:8, 26) In the corresponding lists at 1 Chronicles 11:27; 27:10, Helez is called “the Pelonite.”​—See PELONITE.