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Lexicon :: Strong's H1548 - gālaḥ

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גָּלַח
Transliteration
gālaḥ
Pronunciation
gaw-lakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:33 - “he shall shave himself, but the scale he shall not shave. And the priest shall isolate the one who has the scale another seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - “But on the seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows—all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water, and he shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:5 - ‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - ‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - ‘And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:12 - “then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - that he told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him,[fn] and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:22 - However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:4 - Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he cut the hair of his head—at the end of every year he cut it because it was heavy on him—when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels according to the king’s standard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:4 - Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor,
With those from beyond the River,[fn] with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:20 - “They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they shall keep their hair well trimmed.
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