King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3919
Transliteration: Layish
Phonetic Spelling: (lah'-yish)
Part of Speech: proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: "lion", a city and region in N. Canaan
Meaning: Laish -- "lion", a city and region in northern Canaan
Word Summary
Layish: "lion", a city and region in N. Canaan
Original Word: לַיִשׁTransliteration: Layish
Phonetic Spelling: (lah'-yish)
Part of Speech: proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: "lion", a city and region in N. Canaan
Meaning: Laish -- "lion", a city and region in northern Canaan
Strong's Concordance
Laish The same as layish; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine -- Laish. Compare Luwsh.
see HEBREW layish
see HEBREW Luwsh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3919. Layish
II. לַ֫יִשׁ proper name, of a location (on meaning lion, compare RSSemitic i. 156 (om. 2nd ed.)); — former name of Dan, in extreme north of Canaan, Judges 18:7, 14, 27, 29 (see דָּן b); ᵐ5 Λαισα; = לֶשֶׁם q. v.; compare BuhlGeogr. § 124.
III. לַ֫יִשׁ proper name, masculine father of Michal's second husband, 1 Samuel 25:44 + 2 Samuel 3:15 Qr (Kt לושׁ), ᵐ5 A Λμεις, Σελλης, ᵐ5L Ιωας, Σελλειμ.
לַ֫יְשָׁה proper name, of a location North of Jerusalem Isaiah 10:30 (perhaps akin to III. לַיִשׁ, see Di); site unknown; see KasterenZPV xiii. 101 conjecture `Isawiye, village two miles northeast from Jerusalem (PEFMap; Mem. iii. 27 RobBR i. 437 compare BuhlGeogr. 175), ᵐ5 ἐν Σα, Λαισα.