Galmûwd — H1565

Definition

adjective

sterile (as wrapped up too hard); figuratively, desolate

1. hard, barren, harsh, bleak
1. harsh, bleak (of a company of wicked men)
2. barren (of women)

Usually translated as

desolate, solitary

Origin

probably by prolonged from H1563

• Derived from Gâlam (H1563)

Greek equivalents

• thánatos (G2288)
• chḗra (G5503)

Occurrences

Galmûwd occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (3), Isaiah (1)

• Job 3:7 — Lo, let that night be solitary (גַלְמ֑וּד), let no joyful voice come therein.
• Job 15:34 — For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate (גַּלְמ֑וּד), and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
• Job 30:3 — For want and famine they were solitary (גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד); fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
• Isaiah 49:21 — Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate (וְגַלְמוּדָ֑ה), a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?