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Lexicon :: Strong's H1530 - gal

Aa
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.
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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 BoxGen 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:28 - And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:25 - For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29 - He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15 - For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:42 - The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.
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