לַיִשׁLayish

Meanings

Same root

• לַיִשׁlayish · H3918a lion (from his destructive blows)

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

• Judges 18:7 So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, like the Sidonians; they were peaceful and secure. The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile. And they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby.
• Judges 18:14 The five men who had scouted out the land around Laish explained to the others, “These buildings contain a sacred ephod, as well as some household idols, a carved image, and a cast idol. What do you think you should do?”
• Judges 18:27 Then, with Micah’s idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked with swords and burned the town to the ground.
• Judges 18:29 They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel’s son, but it had originally been called Laish.
• 1 Samuel 25:44 Saul, meanwhile, had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to a man from Gallim named Palti son of Laish.
• 2 Samuel 3:15 So Ishbosheth took Michal away from her husband, Palti son of Laish.