Word

גָּלַח

gâlach · H1548 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences

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Meanings

Action by which humans cut the hair on all or part of their body (to shave (oneself), to cut off (hair))

Examples
Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent word and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.
Leviticus 13:33 then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the scale; and the priest shall isolate the person with the scale for seven more days.
Leviticus 14:8 “The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water and be clean. And afterward he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days.
Causative action by which humans cut the hair on all or part of the body of someone else (to shave (someone), to cut off (someone's hair))

Examples
Judges 16:17 So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”
Judges 16:19 And she made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to humble him, and his strength left him.
Judges 16:22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

22 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 15
נּוּhe 2
Not stated: they 2
אֲדֹנָיLord 1
נָזִירNazirite, prince 1
Not stated: I 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

17 occurrences in 11 groups

רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 7
שֵׂעָרhair 4
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 3

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 3

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

זָקָןbeard 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אִישׁman, person, each 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

אַחַרafter, behind 1
כlike/as 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ξυράω xyráō · G3587 · to shave: Greek ξυράω specifically denotes the act of shaving or shearing hair with a razor or blade, serving as the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew גָּלַח in contexts of ritual shaving, hair removal, and cleansing ordinances.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Non-Whole002003001021: The verb describes removing hair by shaving, an act of cutting away and reducing the body's covering, used of Joseph shaving before appearing to Pharaoh and of purification rituals requiring the head or beard to be shaved.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1548. galach [גָּלַח] verb be bald (Arabic ); Pi`el shave, shave off (so Late Hebrew,…

H1548. galach
[גָּלַח] verb be bald (Arabic );
Pi`el shave, shave off (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic) — Perfect וְגִלַּח consecutive Lev 14:8 Lev 14:2t.; suffix וְגִלְּחוֺ consecutive 2Sa 14:26; 2Sa 14:3feminine singular וְגִלְּחָה consecutive Deu 21:12; Imperfect יְגַלַּח Lev 14:9; Isa 7:20, יְגַלֵּחַ֑ Lev 13:33 Lev 13:2t., וַיְגַלַּח Gen 41:14; 2Sa 10:4; suffix (3masculine singular) וַיְגַלְּחֵם יְגַלְּחֶגּוּ,1Ch 19:4; 1Ch 19:3 feminine singular וַתְּנַלַּךְ Jdg 16:19; Jdg 16:3masculine plural יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ Lev 21:5; Eze 44:20; Infinitive suffix of subject גַּלְּחוֺ 2Sa 14:26; —
1 shave, object the head, ראֹשׁ Num 6:9 (twice in verse); Num 6:18 (P) Deu 21:12 (hair as containing impurity, compare RSSem i. 407), 2Sa 14:26 (twice in verse) compare; 2Sa 14:26; Eze 44:20; Lev 13:33 (P), object הַנֶתֶק; object persons 1Ch 19:4.
2 shave off, the hair שֵׂעָר Lev 14:8-9, (twice in verse) (P) compare Jdg 16:19; the beard זָקָן Lev 21:5 (H) 2Sa 10:4.
3 figurative of devastation by Assyrians Isa 7:20 (object הָרַגְלָ֑יִם שַׂעַר הָראֹשׁ, and הַזָּקָן).
4 intransitive he shaved (himself) Gen 41:14 (E).
Pu`al Perfect גֻּלָּ֑ח Jdg 16:22, גֻּלַּחְתִּי Jdg 16:17; Participle construct מְגֻלְּחֵי Jer 41:5; — be shaven, subject person (of Samson) Jdg 16:17, Jdg 16:22; זָקָן מְגֻלְּחֵי Jer 41:5.
Hithpa`el Perfect וְהִתְגַּלָּ֑ח consecutive Lev 13:33; Infinitive suffix הִתְגַּלְּחוֺ Num 6:19; — shave oneself Lev 13:33; with accusative אֶתנִֿזְרוֺ Num 6:19 (both P).
I. גלל ( be great in rank or dignity (often of God)).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Non-Whole22 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0