Strong's Concordance
Original word: פֶּ֫לֶך
Transliteration: pelek
Definition (short): district
Definition (full): a circuit, a spindle, a crutch
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: whorl of a spindle, a district
NASB Translation: distaff (1), district (8), spindle (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From an unused root meaning to be round; a circuit (i.e. District); also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a crutch -- (di-)staff, participle
References
KJV:
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
NASB:
"May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread."
KJV:
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
NASB:
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
KJV:
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
NASB:
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
KJV:
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
NASB:
Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem repaired the Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.
KJV:
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
NASB:
Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king's garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David.