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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1570 - גָּלַשׁ
Transliteration
gâlash
Phonetics
gaw-lash'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
357
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- to sit, sit up, (possibly also) recline
- (Qal)
- of flocks of goats
- of a woman´s hair (simile)
- (Qal)
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
- Book
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Song of Solomon
2
BSB (2)
Song of Solomon
2
CSB (2)
Song of Solomon
2
ESV (0)
The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
KJV (2)
Song of Solomon
2
LEB (2)
Song of Solomon
2
LSB (3)
Song of Solomon
3
N95 (2)
Song of Solomon
2
NAS (2)
Song of Solomon
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Song of Solomon
2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[גָּלַשׁ] verb sit, sit up, possibly also recline (compare Arabic
sit up; so Thes De and others (not Ew)) — only
Qal Perfect (שֶׁ)גָָּֽלִשׁוּ Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon 6:5 שֶׁגָּלְשׁוּמ(הר) גִּלְעָד of flocks of goats, in simile of a woman's hair; construction & sense rather awkward.
גַּם see below גמם.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
גָּלַשׁ i.q. Arabic جَلسَ to sit, to sit down, to lie down. Song of Solomon 4:1, “thy locks are as a flock of goats שֶׁגָּֽלְשׁוּ מֵהַר גִּלְעָד which lie down on mount Gilead.” Song of Solomon 6:5. Prop. lie down, as if hanging from mount Gilead, from its side, see מִן No. 3. Jerome 4:1, “quœ ascenderunt.” LXX. 6:4, Complut. ἀνέβησαν; compare جلس Conj. II. to go up.
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List of Word Forms
שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ שגלשו šeg·gā·lə·šū šeggāləšū sheggalShu