HebrewH1558Noun (Masculine)

גָּלָל

ga.lal

10Occurrences
H1558Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of

from H1556 (גָּלַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
on account of, for the sake of

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

גָּלָל appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
3
Genesis
3
Jeremiah
2
1 Kings
1
Micah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:16BSB

So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

Deuteronomy 15:10BSB

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.

Genesis 12:13BSB

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.”

Genesis 39:5BSB

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.

Jeremiah 15:4BSB

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.