# H1548 גָּלַח

גָּלַח (gâlach), Strong’s H1548: properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste KJV: poll, shave (off).. Occurs 23 times.

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*gâlach* — properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste

KJV: poll, shave (off).

Occurs 23 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [גָּלַח] vb. be bald;
- Pi. shave, shave off
- Pu. be shaven
- Hithp. shave oneself

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 41:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=14) — Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his…
- [Leviticus 13:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/13?v=33) — then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch. Then the priest shall isolate the one who has the itch seven…
- [Leviticus 14:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/14?v=8) — “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall…
- [Leviticus 14:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/14?v=9) — It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows. He shall…
- [Leviticus 21:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/21?v=5) — “‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.
- [Numbers 6:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/6?v=9) — “‘If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head in…
- [Numbers 6:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/6?v=18) — The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of…
- [Numbers 6:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/6?v=19) — The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer…
- [Deuteronomy 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/21?v=12) — then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
- [Judges 16:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=17) — He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from…