Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3919 - לַיִשׁ Layish ("lion")

Original Word:	לַיִשׁ
Transliteration:	Layish
Definition:	"lion", a city and region in N. Canaan
Part of Speech:	proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Phonetic Spelling:	(lah'-yish)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Laish

The same as layish; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine -- Laish. Compare Luwsh.

see HEBREW layish

see HEBREW Luwsh

Englishman's Concordance

Laish=“lion”
1) father of Phaltiel, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David (noun proper masculine)
2) an early name for Dan, a town in northern Israel (noun proper locative)
3) a place north of Jerusalem; site unknown (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H3918

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. לַ֫יִשׁproper name, of a location (on meaning lion, compare RS^{Semitic i. 156 (om. 2nd ed.)}); — former name of Dan, in extreme north of Canaan, Judges 18:7,14,27,29 (see דָּן b); ᵐ5Λαισα;=לֶשֶׁם q. v.; compare Buhl^{Geogr. § 124}.

III. לַ֫יִשׁproper name, masculinefather of Michal's second husband, 1 Samuel 25:44 + 2 Samuel 3:15 Qr (Kt לושׁ), ᵐ5 A Λμεις, Σελλης, ᵐ5^LΙωας, Σελλειμ.

לַ֫יְשָׁהproper name, of a locationNorth of JerusalemIsaiah 10:30 (perhaps akin to III. לַיִשׁ, see Di); site unknown; see Kasteren^{ZPV xiii. 101} conjecture `Isawiye, village two miles northeast from Jerusalem (PEF^{Map; Mem. iii. 27} Rob^{BR i. 437} compare Buhl^{Geogr. 175}), ᵐ5ἐν Σα, Λαισα.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3919. לַ֫יִשׁ (Layish) — 7 Occurrences

Judges 18:7
HEB:הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לָ֑יְשָׁה וַיִּרְא֣וּ אֶת־
NAS: and came to Laish and saw
KJV: and came to Laish, and saw
INT: men and came to Laish and saw the people

Judges 18:14
HEB:אֶת־ הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־
NAS: out the country of Laish said
KJV: the country of Laish, and said
INT: to spy the country of Laish said to

Judges 18:27
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַל־ לַ֗יִשׁ עַל־ עַם֙
NAS: to him, and came to Laish, to a people
KJV: which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people
INT: and came unto Laish unto A people

Judges 18:29
HEB:לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם לַ֥יִשׁ שֵׁם־ הָעִ֖יר
NAS: of the city formerly was Laish.
KJV: of the city [was] Laish at the first.
INT: Israel however was Laish the name of the city

1 Samuel 25:44
HEB:לְפַלְטִ֥י בֶן־ לַ֖יִשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִגַּלִּֽים׃
NAS: the son of Laish, who
KJV: the son of Laish, which [was] of Gallim.
INT: to Palti the son of Laish who Gallim

2 Samuel 3:15
HEB:[לוּשׁ כ] (לָֽיִשׁ׃ ק)
NAS: from Paltiel the son of Laish.
INT: Paltiel the son Laish

Isaiah 10:30
HEB:גַּלִּ֑ים הַקְשִׁ֥יבִי לַ֖יְשָׁה עֲנִיָּ֥ה עֲנָתֽוֹת׃
NAS: Pay attention, Laishah [and] wretched
KJV: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor
INT: of Gallim Pay Laishah wretched Anathoth

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