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Goliath

גׇּלְיַתStrong’s H1555

golyat (gol-yat)

Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Golyat is the Hebrew word usually translated “goliath”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.”
1 Samuel 17:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.17.4
How it's translated
  • goliath 6

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 4
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

גׇּלְיַת golyat · Goliath

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.17.4; son of: Rapha (H7497A); brother of: Ishbi-benob (H3430), Saph (H5593), Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A) § Goliath = "splendour" the Philistine giant of Gath slain by David's sling

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.