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To fold

גָּלַםStrong’s H1563

galam (ga-lam)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Galam is the Hebrew word usually translated “folded it up”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.”
2 Kings 2:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to wrap up, fold, fold together
How it's translated
  • and he folded it up 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    גָּלַם galam · to fold

    (Qal) to wrap up, fold, fold together

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FOLD, noun

    [See the verb, to fold ]

    1. A pen or inclosure for sheep; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.
    2. A flock of sheep.“Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold” John 10:16
    3. A limit. [Not in use.]
    All definitions and other forms of “fold”

      FOLD, noun

      1. The doubling of any flexible substance, as cloth; complication; a plait; one part turned or bent and laid on another; as a fold of linen.
      2. In composition, the same quantity added; as two fold four fold ten fold that is, twice as much, four times as much, ten times as much.

      FOLD, verb transitive

      [Heb. The primary sense is to fall, or to lay, to set, throw or press together.]

      1. To double; to lap or lay in plaits; as, to fold a piece of cloth.
      2. To double and insert one part in another; as, to fold a letter.
      3. To double or lay together, as the arms.
      4. To confine sheep in a fold

      FOLD, verb intransitive

      To close over another of the same kind; as, the leaves of the door fold

        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.