Galal גָּלָל
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| גָּלָל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | galal |
| Strong's number | H1558 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | because of |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (3) |
Galal (Hebrew גָּלָל, Strong's H1558) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “because of”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
on account of, for the sake of
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | because (4), sake (3), thee (1), sakes (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | because (3), because of you (2), account (2), account of you (1), your account (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Galal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- Genesis 30:27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
- Genesis 39:5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 1:37Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
- Deuteronomy 18:12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 14:16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 11:17For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, 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 unto Baal.The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
- Jeremiah 15:4And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
Micah
- Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).