1548 – גָּלַח (galach)

to shave

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	גָּלַח (galach)
Pronunciation:	ga-lach    Listen
Gematria:	41(3 + 30 + 8)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	23 times in OT

Description

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

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word galach was translated to the following:

κείρω	keiro	G2751	shear
ξυράω	xurao	G3587	shave

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