Strong H3919H3919Aלַ֫יִשׁ
Laish
One of the 3 senses of Strong H3919
- Transliteration
- layish
- Pronunciation
- lah'-yish
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Dan, an Israelite tribe and a city in northern Israel, formerly called Laish or Leshem.
Meaning of the name
Laish = "lion"
General definition
In the biblical story
Dan
Israelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem.
Dan, an Israelite tribe and a city in northern Israel, formerly called Laish or Leshem.
In the Bible
Strong H3919A appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- laish4
First verses
- Judges 18:7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
- Judges 18:14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
- Judges 18:27And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
- Judges 18:29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.