layish · Laish

What it means

layish (לַיִשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Laish”.

(1) a city in the far north that the Danites took and called Dan (Judges 18:29); (2) a man of Gallim, father of Palti (1 Samuel 25:44). The name means "lion."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Laish ×6
• Laishah ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×4
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Isaiah×1

• Judges 18:7

  So the five men went and came to Laish, and they saw the people who were in it, living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, at rest and secure; and there was no one in the land putting them to shame in anything, no one possessing authority; and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with anyone.

• Judges 18:14

  Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish spoke up and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a cast image? Now consider what you will do.”

• Judges 18:27

  And they took what Micah had made, and the priest who had been his, and came upon Laish, upon a people at rest and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and the city they burned with fire.

• Judges 18:29

  And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; but Laish was the name of the city formerly.

• 1 Samuel 25:44

  But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

• 2 Samuel 3:15

  Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel son of Laish.

• Isaiah 10:30

  Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Afflicted Anathoth!