גָּלָל
ga.lal
“because of”
Definition
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
from H1556 (גָּלַל);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
גָּלָל appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.