Word Study · Strong's H3919 · Hebrew
לַיִשׁ
Layish
lah'-yish
“Laish, the name of two places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Laish, the name of two places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Laish. Compare H3889 (לוּשׁ).
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- לַיִשׁ֒1
- לַ֗יִשׁ1
- לַ֥יִשׁ1
- לַ֖יִשׁ1
- לָֽיִשׁ׃1
- לַ֖יְשָׁה1
- לָ֑יְשָׁה1
How it is rendered · 4
- Laish4
- [was] Laish1
- Laish towards1
- O Laishah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 4
- HNpm · 2
- HNpl/Sd · 1
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Where this word lives
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Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 18:7לָ֑יְשָׁהlayeshahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.here: Laish towards
- Judges 18:14לַיִשׁ֒layishproper noun (a name)Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”here: Laish
- Judges 18:27לַ֗יִשׁlayishproper noun (a name)After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.here: Laish
- Judges 18:29לַ֥יִשׁlayishproper noun (a name)They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.here: [was] Laish
1 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Samuel1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's