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Strong's #1555: Golyath (pronounced gol-yath')

perhaps from 1540; exile; Goljath, a Philistine:--Goliath.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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golyath

Goliath = "splendour"

1) the Philistine giant of Gath slain by David' s sling

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: perhaps from H1540



Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

1 Samuel 17:4: "a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath,"
1 Samuel 17:23: "the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies"
1 Samuel 21:9: "And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, thou slewest in the valley"
1 Samuel 22:10: "him victuals, and gave of Goliath the Philistine."
2 Samuel 21:19: "a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's"
1 Chronicles 20:5: "Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's"









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