Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H3919
לַיִשׁ
Layishlah'-yish
Laish; Laish; Laishah
7 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 H3919is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3919
Laish, the name of two places in Palestine
The King James renders it: Laish. Compare H3889 (לוּשׁ).
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
Layish is rendered "Laish; Laish; Laishah". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "Laish".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 18:7So 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.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
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.
Judges 18:7לָ֑יְשָׁה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: Laish, and Laish, and Laishah.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| LaishStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJudges 18:7So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely… |
| LaishStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| LaishahStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Laish5
- Laish towards1
- O Laishah1
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.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- לַיִשׁ֒1
- לַ֗יִשׁ1
- לַ֥יִשׁ1
- לַ֖יִשׁ1
- לָֽיִשׁ׃1
- לַ֖יְשָׁה1
- לָ֑יְשָׁה1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)4HNpl
- proper noun (a name)2HNpm
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpl/Sd
Judges
four uses
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.
- לָ֑יְשָׁהlayeshahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Laish towards
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.”
- לַיִשׁ֒layishproper noun (a name)tagged: Laish
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.
- לַ֗יִשׁlayishproper noun (a name)tagged: Laish
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- לַ֥יִשׁlayishproper noun (a name)tagged: Laish
1 Samuel
one use
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
- לַ֖יִשׁlayishproper noun (a name)tagged: Laish
2 Samuel
one use
So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.
- לָֽיִשׁ׃lushproper noun (a name)tagged: Laish
Isaiah
one use
Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
- לַ֖יְשָׁהlayshahproper noun (a name)tagged: O Laishah
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.