פְּלֹנִי

peloni · so-and-so

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6423 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

peloni (פְּלֹנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “so-and-so”.

"So-and-so": a word used in place of someone's name when one will not or cannot say it.

How to say it

pe·lo·ni

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Someone or something whose name is not given.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • such ×2
  • so-and-so ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Ruth 4:1

    Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat there; and look, the kinsman-redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, “Turn aside, sit here, so-and-so.” And he turned aside and sat down.

  • 1 Samuel 21:2

    David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter on which I am sending you and which I have commanded you.’ And the young men I have directed to such and such a place.

  • 2 Kings 6:8

    The king of Aram was fighting against Israel, and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “In such and such a place will be my camp.”