Strongs Number: H1548
- Hebrew Word
- גָּלַח
- Transliteration
- gâlach
- Phonetic
- gaw-lakh'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to be {bald} that {is} (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
- BDB Definition
-
1. to poll, shave, shave off, be bald
a. (Piel)
1. to shave
2. to shave off
3. (fig. of devastation)
b. (Pual) to be shaven
c. (Hithpael) to shave oneself
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {poll} shave (off).