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Lexicon :: Strong's H1530 - gal

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גַּל
Transliteration
gal
Pronunciation
gal
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H1530

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1530 matches the Hebrew גַּל (gal),
which occurs 34 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[fn] ever since.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - “ ‘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 have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:28 - he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:25 - For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29 - He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea[fn] were hushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - “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 have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15 - For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Should you not fear me?” declares the LORD. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:42 - The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - The LORD will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria’s pride will be brought down and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
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