Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H1548
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- galach
- Pronunciation
- gaw-lakh'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H1548
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave, figuratively to lay waste
- Source renderings
- poll, shave (off)
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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01548\ 1548 galach gaw-lakh' a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste:--poll, shave (off).