Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
גׇּלְיַת
- Transliteration
- Golyath
- Pronunciation
- gol-yath'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 6
Glosses
Goliath.
Lexicon definition
Goljath, a Philistine
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Goliath
A famous giant of the city of Gath, who was slain by David, 1 Sam. xvii, 4, 5, &c. Goliath is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “passage; revolution; heap.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H1555
- Hebrew
- גׇּלְיַת · Golyath
- Name meaning
- passage; revolution; heap According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
H1555
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.
Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Goliath
passage; revolution; heap
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
GOLIATH
a famous giant of the city of Gath, who was slain by David, 1 Sam. xvii, 4, 5, &c. See GIANTS.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Goliath
Indexed occurrences: 8
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All Scripture references9 references
1 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 2
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
GOLIATH
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for GOLIATH.
Indexed references: 1
Scripture references:
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Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Goliath
Meaning:
passage; revolution; heap
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Ancient Context2 items
Josephus Antiquities Whiston
How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews Under The Reign Of Saul; And How They Were Overcome By David's Slaying Goliath In Single Combat.
Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 9
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How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of The Philistines And Of The Moabites, And How Saul Slew Ahimelech And His Family.
Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 12
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Topic
GOLIATH
Nave’s Topical Bible references for GOLIATH.
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Champion
(1 Sam. 17:4, 23), properly "the man between the two," denoting the position of Goliath between the two camps. Single combats of this kind at the head of armies were common in ancient times. In ver. 51 this word is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and properly denotes "a mighty man."
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Goliath
passage; revolution; heap
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Jaare-oregim
Forests of the weavers, a Bethlehemite (2 Sam. 21:19), and the father of Elhanan, who slew Goliath. In 1 Chr. 20:5 called JAIR.
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