Laish
לַ֫יִשׁStrong’s H3919layish (la-yish)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Layish is the Hebrew word usually translated “laish”, “laish towards” and “o laishah”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.”
Meaning
- Laish = "lion"
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.44
- § Laish = "lion"
How it's translated
- laish 5
- laish towards 1
- o laishah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 4
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 18:14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
- Judges 18:27And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
- Judges 18:29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
- 1 Samuel 25:44But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
- 2 Samuel 3:15And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
- Isaiah 10:30Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Hebrew dictionary
לַ֫יִשׁ layish · Laish
Laish = "lion" an early name for Dan, a town in northern Israel Another name of dan (דָּן "Dan" H1835G)
לַ֫יִשׁ layish · Laish
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.44; father of: Palti (H6406H) Another spelling of lush (לוּשׁ "Laish" H3889) § Laish = "lion" father of Phaltiel, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David
לַ֫יְשָׁה layshah · Laishah
§ Laish = "lion" a place north of Jerusalem
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.