גָּלָל galal
Hebrew word for “because of” · Strong’s H1558 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
on account of, for the sake of
How it is translated
Glosses given for galal in context, with how often each is used:
- account 10
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 12 (1), Genesis 30 (1), Genesis 39 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 15 (1), Deuteronomy 18 (1), 1 Kings 14 (1), Jeremiah 11 (1), Jeremiah 15 (1), Micah 3 (1)
Forms
- בגלל 5
- בגללך 2
- בגללכם 2
- ובגלל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with galal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 3
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
- נָא na “please” 2
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 2
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 2
- נִי ni “me” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 2
Key verses
The verses using galal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 12:13 — Say, 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.
- Genesis 30:27 — And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
- Genesis 39:5 — And 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…
- Deuteronomy 1:37 — Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 — Thou 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…
- Deuteronomy 18:12 — For 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.
- 1 Kings 14:16 — And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
- Jeremiah 11:17 — For 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…
- Jeremiah 15:4 — And 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.
- Micah 3:12 — Therefore 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.
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
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.