Barber
גַּלָּבStrong’s H1532gallav (gal-lav)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Gallav is the Hebrew word usually translated “barbers”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.”
Meaning
- Barber
How it's translated
- barbers 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
גַּלָּב gallav · barber
barber
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “barber” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
B'ARBER, noun
One whose occupation is to shave men, or to shave and dress hair.
All definitions and other forms of “barber”
B'ARBER, verb transitive
To shave and dress hair.
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.