Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1555
גׇּלְיַת
Golyathgol-yath'
Goliath
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1555is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1555
Goljath, a Philistine
The King James renders it: Goliath.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Golyath is rendered "Goliath". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 17:4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
1 Samuel 17:4גָּלְיָ֥ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Goliath6
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- גָּלְיָ֥ת2
- גָּלְיָ֣ת2
- גָּלְיָת֩1
- גָּלְיָ֨ת1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)6HNpm
1 Samuel
four uses
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- גָּלְיָ֥תgalyatproper noun (a name)tagged: Goliath
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
- גָּלְיָת֩galyatproper noun (a name)tagged: Goliath
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
- גָּלְיָ֨תgalyatproper noun (a name)tagged: Goliath
Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
- גָּלְיָ֥תgalyatproper noun (a name)tagged: Goliath
2 Samuel
one use
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
- גָּלְיָ֣תgalyatproper noun (a name)tagged: Goliath
1 Chronicles
one use
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
- גָּלְיָ֣תgalyatproper noun (a name)tagged: Goliath
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.