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Lexicon :: Strong's H1561 - gēlel

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גֵּלֶל
Transliteration
gēlel
Pronunciation
gay'-lel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A variation of גָּלָל (H1557)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 353d

Strong’s Definitions

גֵּלֶל gêlel, gay'-lel; a variation of H1557; dung (plural balls of dung):—dung.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1561 in the following manner: dung (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1561 in the following manner: dung (4x).

  1. dung, ball of dung

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֵּלֶל gêlel, gay'-lel; a variation of H1557; dung (plural balls of dung):—dung.
STRONGS H1561: Abbreviations
† [גֵּל] noun [masculine] dung (ball of dung, Arabic bdb016501 etc., dung of camels etc., compare Aramaic גַּלָּא; on form see Ew§ 255 b Ol§ 150. 163) — suffix גֶּלֲלוֺ Job 20:7, plural construct הָאָדָם (צֵאַת) גֶּלֲלֵי Ezekiel 4:12, 15; — human dung used as fuel Ezekiel 4:12, 15 (צֵאַת) הָאָדָם ג׳; perhaps also Job 20:7, but compare Di, who thinks no reference to fuel, & De who thinks of cattle-dung; (see on Arabic word Wetzst in De). — See also II. H1557 גָּלָל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

20:7; 20:7

Ezekiel

4:12; 4:12; 4:15; 4:15

H1561

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1561 matches the Hebrew גֵּלֶל (gēlel),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - he will perish forever like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:12 - And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:15 - Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - I will bring distress on mankind,
so that they shall walk like the blind,
because they have sinned against the LORD;
their blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh like dung.
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