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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 - Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that[fn] the LORD has blessed me because of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:37 - Even with me the LORD was angry on your account and said, ‘You also shall not go in there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:10 - You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:12 - for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out 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, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - The LORD of hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you, because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:4 - And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, 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 as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
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