Φάλεκ G5317
Peleg, an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy; his name means 'division' (Genesis 10-11)
This is the indeclinable Greek form of the Hebrew name Peleg, a post-flood patriarch mentioned in Genesis 10-11. His name in Hebrew means 'division,' explained in Genesis as referring to the division of languages and peoples at Babel during his lifetime. Luke 3:35 includes Peleg in Jesus' genealogy, tracing the line from Adam through Abraham. The name connects Jesus to the early genealogies that track humanity's dispersion and God's election of Abraham's line.
Senses
1. sense 1 — In Luke 3:35, Luke traces Jesus' ancestry backward through Abraham to Adam, including 'Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem' and earlier 'Peleg.' The name (consistent across translations) identifies the patriarch in whose days 'the earth was divided'—traditionally understood as the division of languages at Babel (Genesis 10:25). Including Peleg roots Jesus' lineage in the ancient genealogies that connect post-flood humanity to the patriarchs and ultimately to Adam. 1×
AR["فَالَجَ"]·ben["পেলগের"]·DE["Φάλεκ"]·EN["Phalek"]·FR["Phalek"]·heb["פֶּלֶג"]·HI["फालेक"]·ID["Peleg"]·IT["phalek"]·jav["Pèlèg,"]·KO["벨렉-의"]·PT["Pelegue"]·RU["Фалеков"]·ES["Phálek"]·SW["Phálek"]·TR["Peleg"]·urd["فلج-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Φάλεκ (T, Rec. Φαλέκ, L, mg., Φάλεγ), ὁ indecl. (Heb. D, Ge 1116), Peleg: Luk.3:35.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)