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Pelonite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Designation of two of David’s warriors

(1 Chron. 11:27,36²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, (1 Chronicles 11:27)
³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, (1 Chronicles 11:36)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Designation of Helez and Ahijah, two of David’s mighty men. Why they are so called is not known (1 Chron. 11:27,36²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, (1 Chronicles 11:27)
³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, (1 Chronicles 11:36); 1 Chron. 27:10¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (1 Chronicles 27:10)). In 2 Samuel 23:26²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, (2 Samuel 23:26) Helez is called “the Paltite.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6397 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Plowniy

Phonic:

pel-o-nee’

Meaning:

patronymically from an unused name (from 6395) meaning separate; a Pelonite or inhabitant of an unknown Palon

KJV Usage:

Pelonite

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a certain (unnamed) one

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Falling; hidden; secret; separate:―name applied to two of David’s valiant men, 1 Chron. 11:27. {Concidens}