Gal גַּל

Gal (Hebrew גַּל, Strong's H1530) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “heap”. It occurs 34 times in 31 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H1530G: heap

H1530H: heap: wave

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Gal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 31:46
  And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
• Genesis 31:48
  And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
• Genesis 31:51
  And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
• Genesis 31:52
  This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

Joshua

• Joshua 7:26
  And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
• Joshua 8:29
  And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 18:17
  And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 19:25
  Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Job

• Job 8:17
  His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
• Job 15:28
  And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
• Job 38:11
  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Psalms

• Psalm 42:7
  Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
• Psalm 65:7
  Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
• Psalm 89:9
  Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
• Psalm 107:25
  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
• Psalm 107:29
  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:12
  A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 25:2
  For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
• Isaiah 37:26
  Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
• Isaiah 48:18
  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
• Isaiah 51:15
  But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 5:22
  Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
• Jeremiah 9:11
  And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• Jeremiah 31:35
  Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
• Jeremiah 51:37
  And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 51:42
  The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
• Jeremiah 51:55
  Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 26:3
  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Hosea

• Hosea 12:11
  Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:3
  For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 10:11
  And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).