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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1548 - גָּלַח

Transliteration

gâlach

Phonetics

gaw-lakh'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

351

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to poll, shave, shave off, be bald
1. (Piel)
  1. to shave
  2. to shave off
  3. (figuratively of devastation)
2. 1b)(Pual) to be shaven
3. (Hithpael) to shave oneself

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3587 ‑ ξυράω (xoo‑rah'‑o); 2751 ‑ κείρω (ki'‑ro);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (23)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 6

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (18)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 6

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (21)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 4

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (23)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 6

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (23)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 6

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (23)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 6

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (30)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 9

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

N95 (30)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 9

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

NAS (30)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 9

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (23)

Genesis 1

Leviticus 6

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 3

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

ASV (23)

and he shaved 1

and shave 1

and shaved 1

and shaved off 2

and she shall shave 1

and when he cut 1

he hath shaven 1

he shall shave 1

he was shaven 1

if i be shaven 1

neither shall they shave 1

neither shall they shave off 1

on him, therefore he cut 1

shall he not shave 1

shall he shave it 1

shall shave 1

shave 1

shaven 1

that he cut 1

that he shall shave 1

then he shall be shaven 1

then he shall shave 1

BSB (18)

after he had shaved 1

and when he cut the hair 1

he must shave 1

he must shave off 1

he shaved 1

i am shaved 1

is to shave 1

it had been shaved 1

shave 1

shave off 1

shaved 1

shaved off 1

shaved their beards 1

she must shave 1

then the person must shave himself 1

to shave 1

to shave off 1

who had shaved off 1

CSB (21)

off 5

shave 8

shaved 8

ESV (23)

cut 3

shave 9

shave off 4

shaved 6

shaved off 1

KJV (23)

off 3

polled 3

shave 10

shaved 2

shaven 5

LEB (23)

and he shall shave off 1

and he shaved 1

and he shaved off 1

and shaved 1

and shaved off 1

and she shall shave 1

has shaved 1

he did 1

he must shave 1

he must shave off 1

he will shave it off 1

he will shave off 1

he would shave 1

i am shaved 1

it had been shaved off 1

shave 2

shave off 1

shaved 1

then he shall shave himself 1

will shave 1

will shave off 1

with shaven 1

LSB (30)

off 7

shave 13

shaved 10

N95 (30)

cut 3

off 7

shave 13

shaved 7

NAS (30)

cut 3

off 7

shave 13

shaved 7

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (23)

and shave 1

and shaved 1

and shaved off 2

and she shall shave 1

but he shall not shave 1

he has shaved 1

he shall shave 1

he shall shave it 1

he shaved 1

he was shaved 1

if i am shaved 1

neither shall they shave 1

neither shall they shave off 1

shall shave 1

shaved 1

that he cut 1

that he shall shave 1

then he shall be shaved 1

then he shall shave 1

when he cut 1

will shave 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2065) h l c (גלהה GLHh) AC: Shave CO: ? AB: ?: [from: lc- going around the head]

V) h l c (גלהה GLHh) - Shave: KJV (23): (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Piel) shave - Strongs: H1548 (גָּלַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[גָּלַח] verb be bald (Arabic

);

Pi`el shave, shave off (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic) — Perfect וְגִלַּח consecutive Leviticus 14:8 2t.; suffix וְגִלְּחוֺ consecutive 2 Samuel 14:26; 3 feminine singular וְגִלְּחָה consecutive Deuteronomy 21:12; Imperfect יְגַלַּח Leviticus 14:9; Isaiah 7:20, יְגַלֵּחַ֑ Leviticus 13:33 2t., וַיְגַלַּח Genesis 41:14; 2 Samuel 10:4; suffix (3 masculine singular) יְגַלְּחֶגּוּ, וַיְגַלְּחֵם 1 Chronicles 19:4; 3 feminine singular וַתְּנַלַּךְ Judges 16:19; 3 masculine plural יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ Leviticus 21:5; Ezekiel 44:20; Infinitive suffix of subject גַּלְּחוֺ 2 Samuel 14:26; —

1 shave, object the head, ראֹשׁ Numbers 6:9 (twice in verse); Numbers 6:18 (P) Deuteronomy 21:12 (hair as containing impurity, compare RS^{Sem i. 407}), 2 Samuel 14:26 (twice in verse) compare; 2 Samuel 14:26; Ezekiel 44:20; Leviticus 13:33 (P), object הַנֶתֶק; object persons 1 Chronicles 19:4.

2 shave off, the hair שֵׂעָר Leviticus 14:8,9 (twice in verse) (P) compare Judges 16:19; the beard זָקָן Leviticus 21:5 (H) 2 Samuel 10:4.

3 figurative of devastation by Assyrians Isaiah 7:20 (object הָראֹשׁ, שַׂעַר הָרַגְלָ֑יִם and הַזָּקָן).

4 intransitive he shaved (himself) Genesis 41:14 (E).

Pu`al Perfect גֻּלָּ֑ח Judges 16:22, גֻּלַּחְתִּי Judges 16:17; Participle construct מְגֻלְּחֵי Jeremiah 41:5; — be shaven, subject person (of Samson) Judges 16:17,22; מְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָן Jeremiah 41:5.

Hithpa`el Perfect וְהִתְגַּלָּ֑ח consecutive Leviticus 13:33; Infinitive suffix הִתְגַּלְּחוֺ Numbers 6:19; — shave oneself Leviticus 13:33; with accusative אֶתנִֿזְרוֺ Numbers 6:19 (both P).

I. גלל ( be great in rank or dignity (often of God)).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גָּלַח unused in Kal, prop. to be smooth; hence to be naked (comp. גָּלָה), specially to be bald. Arab. جَلِحَ to be bald in the head. This root is softened from the harder root קָרַח; transp. it is חָלַק. In the western languages there correspond with this, calvus, Slav. goly, holy, Germ. kahl, also gelu, glacies.

Piel, to shave the head, Numbers 6:9; Deuteronomy 21:12 a person, 1 Chronicles 19:4 to shave off, cut off the hair (see Pual), the beard, 2 Samuel 10:4. Once intrans. to shave oneself (the hair and beard), Genesis 41:14. Metaph. any one is said to shave a land, who devastates it with fire and sword; Isaiah 7:20. (Ch. גַּלַּת to shave, to shear, גַּלָּת bald, used by the Rabbins of the monks, like the Bohem. holy).

Pual, to be shorn, Judges 16:17, 22 Judges 16:22.

Hithpael

(1) to shave oneself, Leviticus 13:33.

(2) to shave, or cut off from oneself (compare Lehrg. p. 284, letter d), with an acc., Numbers 6:19.

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List of Word Forms

גֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙ גֻּלָּֽח׃ גלח׃ גלחתי הִֽתְגַּלְּח֥וֹ התגלחו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ וְגִלְּחָה֙ וְגִלַּ֣ח וְגִלַּ֤ח וְהִ֨תְגַּלָּ֔ח וַֽיְגַלְּחֵ֔ם וַיְגַלַּח֙ וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ ובגלחו וגלח וגלחה וגלחו והתגלח ויגלח ויגלחם ותגלח יְגַלְּחֶֽנּוּ׃ יְגַלֵּ֑חַ יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ יְגַלֵּ֔חַ יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ יְגַלַּ֣ח יגלח יגלחו יגלחנו׃ מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י מגלחי gul·lāḥ gul·laḥ·tî gulLach gulLachti gullāḥ gullaḥtî hiṯ·gal·lə·ḥōw hitgalleCho hiṯgalləḥōw mə·ḡul·lə·ḥê megulleChei məḡulləḥê ū·ḇə·ḡal·lə·ḥōw ūḇəḡalləḥōw uvegalleCho vattegalLach vaygalLach vaygalleChem vegilLach vegilleChah vegilleCho veHitgalLach wat·tə·ḡal·laḥ wattəḡallaḥ way·ḡal·laḥ way·ḡal·lə·ḥêm wayḡallaḥ wayḡalləḥêm wə·ḡil·laḥ wə·ḡil·lə·ḥāh wə·ḡil·lə·ḥōw wə·hiṯ·gal·lāḥ wəḡillaḥ wəḡilləḥāh wəḡilləḥōw wəhiṯgallāḥ yə·ḡal·laḥ yə·ḡal·lê·aḥ yə·ḡal·lə·ḥen·nū yə·ḡal·lê·ḥū yegalLach yəḡallaḥ yegalLeach yəḡallêaḥ yegalleChennu yegalLechu yəḡalləḥennū yəḡallêḥū