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Lexicon :: Strong's H1558 - gālāl

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גָּלָל
Transliteration
gālāl
Pronunciation
gaw-lawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun construction (with preposition)
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 352

Strong’s Definitions

גָּלָל gâlâl, gaw-lawl'; from H1556; a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of:—because of, for (sake).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H1558 in the following manner: because (4x), ... sake (4x), because of thee (1x), for (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H1558 in the following manner: because (4x), ... sake (4x), because of thee (1x), for (1x).

  1. on account of, for the sake of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּלָל gâlâl, gaw-lawl'; from H1556; a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of:—because of, for (sake).
STRONGS H1558: Abbreviations
† I. [גָּלָל] noun [masculine] account, only in construct stative with בְּ, בִּגְלַל on account of, for the sake of (bdb016403 a great and momentous matter; bdb016404 on thy account; compare מִן בִּגְלַל דְּ because that in Palestinian Targum, as Psalm 4:9, and bdb016405 in Jerusalem Syriac PS731) Genesis 39:5 י׳ blessed the house of the Egyptian בִּגְלַל יוֺסֵף on account of Joseph, Deuteronomy 15:10; Deuteronomy 18:12; 1 Kings 14:16; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 15:4; with suffix בִּגְלָלֶ֑ךָ Genesis 30:27; בִּגְלָלֵךְ Genesis 12:13; בִּגְלַלְכֶם Deuteronomy 1:37; Micah 3:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:13; 30:27; 39:5

Deuteronomy

1:37; 15:10; 18:12

1 Kings

14:16

Jeremiah

11:17; 15:4

Micah

3:12

H1558

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1558 matches the Hebrew גָּלָל (gālāl),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - “Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I[fn] may live because of you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:37 - “The LORD was also angry with me for your sakes, saying, ‘Even you shall not go in there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:10 - “You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:12 - “For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:16 - “And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - “For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:4 - “I will hand them over to trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple[fn]
Like the bare hills of the forest.
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