גָּלַל galal

Hebrew word for “to roll” · Strong’s H1556 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together;

How it is translated

Glosses given for galal in context, with how often each is used:

• roll 5
• rolled 3
• people will roll 1
• roll himself 1
• have rolled away 1
• wallowing 1
• have rolled themselves 1
• roll away 1
• one who rolls 1
• will be rolled up 1
• will roll 1
• may roll on 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 29 (3), Genesis 43 (1), Joshua 5 (1), Joshua 10 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 2 Samuel 20 (1), Job 30 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Psalms 119 (1)

Forms

• גל 3
• וגללו 2
• ויגל 2
• גלו 2
• להתגלל 1
• גלותי 1
• מתגלל 1
• התגלגלו 1
• גול 1
• וגלל 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with galal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֶבֶן even “stone” 6
• בְּאֵר beer “well” 3
• שָׁקָה shaqah “to water” 3
• פֶּה peh “lip” 4
• שְׂרֵפָה serephah “fire” 2
• צֹאן tson “flock” 3
• עֵדֶר eder “flock” 2
• דָּם dam “blood” 3
• חֶרְפָּה cherpah “reproach” 2
• אָסַף asaph “to gather” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 3
• יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 2

Key verses

The verses using galal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 43:18 — And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time…
• Joshua 5:9 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
• Job 30:14 — They came upon me as a wide breaking in in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
• Psalms 22:8 — He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
• Psalms 37:5 — Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
• Psalms 119:22 — Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
• Proverbs 16:3 — Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
• Proverbs 26:27 — Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
• Isaiah 9:5 — For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
• Isaiah 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth…
• Jeremiah 51:25 — Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee…
• Amos 5:24 — But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.