Quick Definition
to shave
Strong's Definition
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: poll, shave (off).
TWOT Reference: 351
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to poll, shave, shave off, be bald
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to shave
1a2) to shave off
1a3) (fig. of devastation)
1b)(Pual) to be shaven
1c) (Hithpael) to shave oneself
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to poll, shave, shave off, be bald
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to shave
1a2) to shave off
1a3) (fig. of devastation)
1b)(Pual) to be shaven
1c) (Hithpael) to shave oneself
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּלַח
gâlach
BDB Definition:
1) to poll, shave, shave off, be bald
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to shave
1a2) to shave off
1a3) (figuratively of devastation)
1b) (Pual) to be shaven
1c) (Hithpael) to shave oneself
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 351
Total KJV Occurrences: 23