Know the Word.

Hebrew word

gâlach

gaw-lakh'

גָּלַח

What it means

properly, to be bald, i.e. to shave

properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • shave9
  • shaven3
  • off3
  • polled3
  • shaved2

Every place it appears 20

Genesis41:14
Numbers6:96:18
Deuteronomy21:12
2 Samuel10:414:26
1 Chronicles19:4
Isaiah7:20
Jeremiah41:5
Ezekiel44:20
gâlach — Hebrew word meaning “properly, to be bald, i.e. to s”