גָּלַל
gâlal · gaw-lal'
to roll (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to roll (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּלַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- roll2 · 11%
- commit2 · 11%
- and they rolled1 · 6%
- and till they roll1 · 6%
- and rolled1 · 6%
- that he may seek occasion1 · 6%
- have i rolled away1 · 6%
- wallowed1 · 6%
- they rolled1 · 6%
- he trusted1 · 6%
- remove1 · 6%
- therein: and he that rolleth1 · 6%
- rolled1 · 6%
- shall be rolled together1 · 6%
- upon thee, and roll thee down1 · 6%
- run down1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.