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Lexicon :: Strong's H1548 - gālaḥ

Aa
גָּלַח
Transliteration
gālaḥ
Pronunciation
gaw-lakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 351

Strong’s Definitions

גָּלַח gâlach, gaw-lakh'; a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste:—poll, shave (off).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H1548 in the following manner: shave (17x), shave off (4x), poll (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H1548 in the following manner: shave (17x), shave off (4x), poll (2x).

  1. to poll, shave, shave off, be bald

    1. (Piel)

      1. to shave

      2. to shave off

      3. (fig. of devastation)

    2. (Pual) to be shaven

    3. (Hithpael) to shave oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּלַח gâlach, gaw-lakh'; a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste:—poll, shave (off).
STRONGS H1548: Abbreviations
† [גָּלַח] verb be bald (Arabic جَاِعَ);
Pi. shave, shave off (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic) — Perfect וְגִלַּח consecutive Leviticus 14:8 + 2 times; suffix וְגִלְּחוֺ consecutive 2 Samuel 14:26; 3rd person feminine singular וְגִלְּחָה consecutive Deuteronomy 21:12; Imperfect יְגַלַּח Leviticus 14:9; Isaiah 7:20, יְגַלֵּחַ֑ Leviticus 13:33 + 2 times, וַיְגַלַּח Genesis 41:14; 2 Samuel 10:4; suffix (3rd person masculine singular) יְגַלְּחֶגּוּ, וַיְגַלְּחֵם 1 Chronicles 19:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתְּנַלַּךְ Judges 16:19; 3rd person 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 RSSem 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.. 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.
Hithp. Perfect וְהִתְגַּלָּ֑ח consecutive Leviticus 13:33; Infinitive suffix הִתְגַּלְּחוֺ Numbers 6:19; — shave oneself Leviticus 13:33; with accusative אֶת־נִזְרוֺ Numbers 6:19 (both P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:14; 41:14

Leviticus

13:33; 13:33; 13:33; 13:33; 14:8; 14:8; 14:9; 14:9; 21:5; 21:5

Numbers

6:9; 6:18; 6:19; 6:19

Deuteronomy

21:12; 21:12

Judges

16:17; 16:17; 16:19; 16:19; 16:22; 16:22

2 Samuel

10:4; 10:4; 14:26; 14:26; 14:26; 14:26

1 Chronicles

19:4; 19:4

Isaiah

7:20; 7:20

Jeremiah

41:5; 41:5

Ezekiel

44:20; 44:20

H1548

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Strong's Number H1548 matches the Hebrew גָּלַח (gālaḥ),
which occurs 23 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then Pharaoh H6547 sent H7971 word and called H7121 for Joseph H3130, and they hurriedly H7323 brought H7323 him out of the dungeon H953; and when he had shaved H1548 himself and changed H2498 his clothes H8071, he came H935 to Pharaoh H6547.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:33 - then he shall shave H1548 himself, but he shall not shave H1548 the scale H5424; and the priest H3548 shall [fn]isolate H5462 the person with the scale H5424 for seven H7651 more H8145 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The one to be cleansed H2891 shall then wash H3526 his clothes H899 and shave H1548 off H1548 all H3605 his hair H8181, and bathe H7364 in water H4325 and be H2891 clean H2891. And afterward H310 he may enter H935 the camp H4264, but he shall stay H3427 outside H4480 H2351 his tent H168 for seven H7651 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - “Then it shall be on the seventh H7637 day H3117 that he shall shave H1548 off H1548 all H3605 his hair H8181: he shall shave H1548 his head H7218 and his beard H2206 and his eyebrows H5869 H1354, even all H3605 his hair H8181. He shall then wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 his [fn]body H1320 in water H4325 and be H2891 clean H2891.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:5 - ‘They shall not shave H7139 any area H7144 on their heads H7218 bald H7144, nor H3808 shave H1548 off H1548 the edges H6285 of their beards H2206, nor H3808 make H8295 any cuts H8295 in their flesh H1320.

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‘But if H3588 someone dies H4191 very H6621 suddenly H6597 beside H5921 him and he defiles H2930 his consecrated H5145 head H7218 of hair, then he shall shave H1548 his head H7218 on the day H3117 when he becomes H2893 clean H2893; he shall shave H1548 it on the seventh H7637 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘The Nazirite H5139 shall then shave H1548 his consecrated H5145 head H7218 of hair at the entrance H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and take H3947 the consecrated H5145 hair H8181 of his head H7218 and put H5414 it on the fire H784 which H834 is under H8478 the sacrifice H2077 of peace H8002 offerings H8002.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - ‘And the priest H3548 shall take H3947 the ram’s H352 shoulder H2220 when it has been boiled H1311, and one H259 unleavened H4682 loaf H2471 from the basket H5536 and one H259 unleavened H4682 wafer H7550, and shall put H5414 them on the [fn]hands H3709 of the Nazirite H5139 after H310 he has shaved H1548 his consecrated H5145 hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:12 - then you shall bring H935 her into your home H1004, and she shall shave H1548 her head H7218 and [fn]trim H6213 her nails H6856.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820 and said H559 to her, “A razor H4177 has never H3808 come H5927 on my head H7218, for I have been a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from my mother’s H517 womb H990. If H518 I am shaved H1548, then my strength H3581 will leave H5493 H4480 me and I will become H2470 weak H2470 and be like any H3605 other man H120.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him sleep H3462 on her knees H1290, and called H7121 for a man H376 and had him shave H1548 off H1548 the seven H7651 locks H4253 of his head H7218. Then she began H2490 to humble H6031 him, and his strength H3581 left H5493 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - However, the hair H8181 of his head H7218 began H2490 to grow H6779 again after H834 it was shaved H1548 off H1548.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:4 - So Hanun H2586 took H3947 David’s H1732 servants H5650 and shaved H1548 off H1548 half H2677 of their beards H2206, and cut H3772 off H3772 their robes H4063 in the middle H2677 as far H5704 as their buttocks H8351, and sent H7971 them away H7971.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he cut H1548 the hair of his head H7218 (and it was at the end H7093 of every year H3117 that he cut H1548 it, because H3588 it was heavy H3515 on him, so he cut H1548 it), he weighed H8254 the hair H8181 of his head H7218 at [fn]two H3967 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 by the king’s H4428 weight H68.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:4 - So Hanun H2586 took H3947 David’s H1732 servants H5650 and shaved H1548 them, and cut H3772 off H3772 their robes H4063 in the middle H2677 as far H5704 as their buttocks H4667, and sent H7971 them away H7971.

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On that day H3117 the Lord H136 will shave H1548 with a razor H8593, hired H7917 from regions H5676 beyond H5676 the Euphrates River H5104 (that is, with the king H4428 of Assyria H804), the head H7218 and the hair H8181 of the legs H7272; and it will also H1571 remove H5595 the beard H2206.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that eighty H8084 men H376 came H935 from Shechem H7927, from Shiloh H7887, and from Samaria H8111 with their beards H2206 shaved H1548 off H1548, their clothes H899 torn H7167, and [fn]their bodies gashed H1413, having grain offerings H4503 and incense H3828 in their hands H3027 to bring H935 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:20 - “Also they shall not shave H1548 their heads H7218, yet they shall not let H7971 their locks H6545 [fn]grow H7971 long H7971; they shall only H3697 trim H3697 the hair of their heads H7218.
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