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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1555 - גָּלְיָת

Transliteration

Golyath

Phonetics

gol-yath'

Origin

perhaps from (H1540)

Parts of Speech

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Goliath = “splendour”

1) the Philistine giant of Gath slain by David’s sling

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (6)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (6)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

HCS (6)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (6)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (6)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

WEB (6)

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גָּלְיַת proper name, masculine ( conspicuous ? On ending ת compare Dr 1 Samuel 17:4 & Nö in Eut^{Nab 73}) (גָּלְיָת 1 Chronicles 20:5) Philistine giant slain by David 1 Samuel 17:4,23; 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 22:10, but according to 2 Samuel 21:19 slain by Elhanan of Bethlehem (בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי; acc to 1 Chronicles 20:5 Elhanan slew לַחְמִי brother of Goliath).

List of Word Forms

גָּלְיָ֣ת גָּלְיָ֥ת גָּלְיָ֨ת גָּלְיָת֩ גלית gā·lə·yāṯ gāləyāṯ galYat