Bald
גִּבֵּחַStrong’s H1371gibbeach (gib-be-ach)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Gibbeach is the Hebrew word usually translated “bald”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.”
Meaning
- To be high, bald (in the forehead), having a bald forehead
How it's translated
- bald 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
גִּבֵּחַ gibbeach · bald
to be high, bald (in the forehead), having a bald forehead
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bald” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BALD, adjective
bauld.
- Destitute of hair, especially on the top and back of the head.
- Destitute of the natural covering; as a bald oak.
- Without feathers on the head; as a bald vulture.
- Destitute of trees on the top; as a bald mountain.
All definitions
- Unadorned; inelegant; as a bald translation.
- Mean; naked; base; without dignity or value.
- In popular language, open, bold, audacious.
- Without beard or awn; as bald wheat.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.