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Lexicon :: Strong's H1530 - gal

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גַּל
Transliteration
gal
Pronunciation
gal
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From גָּלַל (H1556)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 353a

Strong’s Definitions

גַּל gal, gal; from H1556; something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves):—billow, heap, spring, wave.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H1530 in the following manner: heap (18x), wave (14x), spring (1x), billow (1x), of (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H1530 in the following manner: heap (18x), wave (14x), spring (1x), billow (1x), of (1x).

  1. heap, spring, wave, billow

    1. heap (of stones)

      1. over dead body

      2. alone

      3. used in ratifying a covenant

    2. waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah)

    3. spring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גַּל gal, gal; from H1556; something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves):—billow, heap, spring, wave.
STRONGS H1530: Abbreviations
† גַּל noun masculineGenesis 31:48 heap, wave, billow (as rolled together, rolling, rolling up), also spring, MT Songs 4:12 compare 3 below — absolute גַּל Job 8:17 +5 times (including הַגַּל Genesis 31:48 +); גָּ֑ל Genesis 31:46; הַגָּ֑ל Genesis 31:46; לַגָּ֑ל Isaiah 25:2; construct גַּל־ Joshua 7:26 + 2 times + Genesis 31:47, 48 which see below; plural גַּלִּים 2 Kings 19:25 + 6 times; construct גַּלֵּי־ Isaiah 48:18; suffix גַּלָּיו Psalm 89:10 + 6 times; גַּלֵּיהֶם Psalm 65:8 + 2 times; —
1. heap of stones,
a. אבנים ג׳ raised (הקים) over dead body Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29; compare 2 Samuel 18:17 (with הִצִּיב).
b. גַּל alone Job 8:17 (roots wrapped about it).
c. heap or pile made (עשׂה) for use in ratifying compact of Jacob with Laban Genesis 31:46 (twice in verse); Genesis 31:48; Genesis 31:51; Genesis 38:52; Genesis 31:52 (twice in verse) compare also גַּלְעֵד proper name.
d. heap of ruins Isaiah 25:2; elsewhere plural Hosea 12:12; 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; Job 15:28 Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 51:37.
2. waves (rollers) in poetry, only plural, waves of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 31:35; Isaiah 51:15; Job 38:11; Psalm 65:8; Psalm 89:10; Psalm 107:25; Psalm 107:29; compare also in simile Ezekiel 26:3; Isaiah 48:18 (גַּלֵּי־הַיָּם); figurative of chastisements from י׳ Psalm 42:8 (|| מִשְׁבָּרִים) Jonah 2:3 (|| id.); of army of Babylon's conqueror Jeremiah 51:42, 55; compare Zechariah 10:11 (VB; but BevJPh xviii. 88 proposes גִּבְלִים compare Ezekiel 27:9).
3. spring, Songs 4:12 גַּן נָעוּל אֲחוֺתִי כַּלָּ֑ה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתוּם a garden barred (is) my sister, bride, a spring barred, a fountain sealed; but גַּן for גַּל .
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:46; 31:46; 31:46; 31:47; 31:48; 31:48; 31:48; 31:48; 31:51; 31:52

Joshua

7:26; 7:26; 8:29

2 Samuel

18:17

2 Kings

19:25; 19:25

Job

8:17; 8:17; 15:28; 38:11

Psalms

42:8; 65:8; 65:8; 89:10; 89:10; 107:25; 107:29

Song of Songs

4:12; 4:12

Isaiah

25:2; 25:2; 37:26; 48:18; 48:18; 51:15

Jeremiah

5:22; 9:10; 31:35; 51:37; 51:42; 51:55

Ezekiel

26:3; 27:9

Hosea

12:12

Jonah

2:3

Zechariah

10:11