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Strong's #1555 - גָּלְיָת

Transliteration
Golyath
Phonetics
gol-yath'
Origin
perhaps from (H1540)
Parts of Speech
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Goliath = “splendour”

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

Frequency Lists
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).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
גָּלְיָ֣ת גָּלְיָ֥ת גָּלְיָ֨ת גָּלְיָת֩ גלית gā·lə·yāṯ gāləyāṯ galYat
 
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