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HebrewH1530Noun (Masculine)

גַּל

gal

25Occurrences
H1530Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)

from H1556 (גָּלַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
heap/pile 1) heap, spring, wave, billow 1a) heap (of stones) 1a1) over dead body 1a2) alone 1a3) used in ratifying a covenant 1b) waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah) 1c) spring Also means: gal (*גַּל *": wave" H1530H)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

גַּל appears 25 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
5
Genesis
4
Isaiah
4
Job
3
Joshua
2
Psalms
2
2 Kings
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 19:25BSB

Have you not heard?Long ago I ordained it;in days of old I planned it.Now I have brought it to pass,that you should crush fortified citiesinto piles of rubble.

Genesis 31:51BSB

Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

Isaiah 51:15BSB

For I am the LORD your Godwho stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Jeremiah 51:55BSB

For the LORD will destroy Babylon;He will silence her mighty voice.The waves will roar like great waters;the tumult of their voices will resound.

Joshua 8:29BSB

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.