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Lexicon :: Strong's H3919 - layiš

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לַיִשׁ
Transliteration
layiš
Pronunciation
lah'-yish
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as לַיִשׁ (H3918)
Strong’s Definitions

לַיִשׁ Layish, lah'-yish; the same as H3918; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine:—Laish. Compare H3889.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3919 in the following manner: Laish (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3919 in the following manner: Laish (7x).

  1. Laish = "lion"

    proper masculine noun

    1. father of Phaltiel, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David

      proper locative noun

    2. an early name for Dan, a town in northern Israel

    3. a place north of Jerusalem; site unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַיִשׁ Layish, lah'-yish; the same as H3918; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine:—Laish. Compare H3889.
STRONGS H3919: Abbreviations
† II. לַ֫יִשׁ proper name, of a location (on meaning lion, compare RSSemitic i. 156 (om. 2nd ed.)); — former name of Dan, in extreme north of Canaan, Judges 18:7, 14, 27, 29 (see דָּן); Greek Version of the LXX Λαισα; = לֶשֶׁם which see; compare BuhlGeogr. § 124.

† III. לַ֫יִשׁ proper name, masculine father of Michal's second husband, 1 Samuel 25:44 + 2 Samuel 3:15 Qr (Kt [H3889 לושׁ]), Greek Version of the LXX A Λμεις, Σελλης, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιωας, Σελλειμ.

† לַ֫יְשָׁה proper name, of a location North of Jerusalem Isaiah 10:30 (perhaps akin to III. לַיִשׁ, see Di); site unknown; see KasterenZPV xiii. 101 conjecture `Isawiye, village two miles northeast from Jerusalem (PEFMap; Mem. iii. 27 RobBR i. 437 compare BuhlGeogr. 175), Greek Version of the LXX ἐν Σα, Λαισα.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

18:7; 18:14; 18:27; 18:29

1 Samuel

25:44

2 Samuel

3:15

Isaiah

10:30

H3919

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3919 matches the Hebrew לַיִשׁ (layiš),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[fn] nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29 - And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:44 - Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel the son of Laish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:30 - Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor Anathoth!
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