Gelel גֵּל
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| גֵּל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gelel |
| Strong's number | H1561 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | dung |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Gelel (Hebrew גֵּל, Strong's H1561) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “dung”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
dung, ball of dung
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dung (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | excrement (2), like his own dung (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gelel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 20:7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 4:12And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”
- Ezekiel 4:15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
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).