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גָּלַח H1548
H1548 is the Hebrew word גָּלַח, transliterated gâlach and said gaw-lakh'. The King James Version most often renders it shave.
What it means
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: poll, shave (off).
Verses using גָּלַח
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 41:14 · KJV
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Leviticus 13:33 · KJV
He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
Leviticus 14:8 · KJV
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
Leviticus 14:9 · KJV
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Leviticus 21:5 · KJV
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Numbers 6:9 · KJV
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
Numbers 6:18 · KJV
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
Deuteronomy 21:12 · KJV
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
Judges 16:17 · KJV
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Judges 16:19 · KJV
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
2 Samuel 10:4 · KJV
Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
2 Samuel 14:26 · KJV
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
1 Chronicles 19:4 · KJV
Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
Isaiah 7:20 · KJV
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Jeremiah 41:5 · KJV
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 44:20 · KJV
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1548 mean?
H1548 is the Hebrew word גָּלַח (gâlach), meaning properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste.
How is H1548 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shave (8 times), shaved (2 times), shaven (2 times), polled (2 times), neither shall they shave off (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1548 appear in the Bible?
גָּלַח (gâlach) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1548 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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