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LAISH
(Laʹish) [lion].
1. A man from Gallim, the father of Palti (or Paltiel), to whom Saul gave as a wife his daughter Michal, previously the wife of David.—1 Sam. 25:44; 2 Sam. 3:15.
2. A northern Canaanite city destroyed by the Danites, who thereafter rebuilt it and gave it the name of Dan (Judg. 18:27-29); also called Leshem. (Josh. 19:47) It is mentioned in Egyptian texts of the nineteenth century B.C.E. under the name of Lus(i).—See DAN No. 3.
