Strong's #6418: pelek (pronounced peh'-lek)

from an unused root meaning to be round; a circuit (i.e. district); also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a crutch:--(di-)staff, participle

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pelek

1) whirl of spindle, stick, district

1a) whirl of spindle, stick

1b) district, circuit

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from an unused root meaning to be round

Usage:

This word is used 10 times:

 

2 Samuel 3:29: "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"
Nehemiah 3:9: "of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem."
Nehemiah 3:12: "of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters."
Nehemiah 3:14: "the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up"
Nehemiah 3:15: "the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered"
Nehemiah 3:16: "of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchers"
Nehemiah 3:17: "Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part."
Nehemiah 3:17: "of the half part of Keilah, in his part."
Nehemiah 3:18: "of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah."
Proverbs 31:19: "to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff."