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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1563 - גָּלַם
Transliteration
gâlam
Phonetics
gaw-lam'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
354
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- (Qal) to wrap up, fold, fold together
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (1)
2 Kings
1
BSB (1)
2 Kings
1
CSB (1)
2 Kings
1
ESV (1)
2 Kings
1
KJV (1)
2 Kings
1
LEB (1)
2 Kings
1
LSB (2)
2 Kings
2
N95 (2)
2 Kings
2
NAS (1)
2 Kings
2
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
2 Kings
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2066) mlc (גלמ GLM) AC: Wrap CO: ? AB: ?: [from: lc- being wrapped around]
V) mlc (גלמ GLM) - Wrap: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) wrap - Strongs: H1563 (גָּלַם)
cm) mflc (גלומ GLWM) - Wrapping: A piece of clothing wrapped around the body. KJV (1): clothes - Strongs: H1545 (גְּלוֹם)
gm) mlfc (גולמ GWLM) - Infant: As wrapped around by the womb. KJV (1): unformed - Strongs: H1564 (גֹּלֶם)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[גָּלַם] verb wrap up, fold, fold together (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic in derivatives) —
Qal Imperfect וַיִּגְלֹם 2 Kings 2:8 וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶתאַֿדַּרְתּוֺ וַיִּגְלֹם.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
גָּלַם fut. יִגְלֹס to roll together. Found once 2 Kings 2:8. See the root גָּלַל and the note there under Kal. Hence the nouns גְּלוֹם, and
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List of Word Forms
וַיִּגְלֹם֙ ויגלם vaiyigLom way·yiḡ·lōm wayyiḡlōm