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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 - Then he said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - Laban said, "This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today." That is why it was called Galeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - "Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you," Laban said to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - "This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day) and the LORD's anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:28 - he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:7 - One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:25 - He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29 - He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15 - I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The LORD who commands armies is his name!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - "You should fear me!" says the LORD. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - The LORD said, "I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the LORD who rules over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:42 - The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For the LORD is ready to destroy Babylon, and put an end to her loud noise. Their waves will roar like turbulent waters. They will make a deafening noise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - The LORD will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.
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