גָּלָל
gâlâl · gaw-lawl'
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1556 (גָּלַל);
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
- a circumstance (as rolled around)
- only used adverbially, on account of
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: because of, for (sake).
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 גָּלָל 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- because2 · 20%
- because of thee1 · 10%
- me for thy sake1 · 10%
- sake1 · 10%
- with me for your sakes1 · 10%
- unto him: because1 · 10%
- and because1 · 10%
- against thee, for1 · 10%
- for your sake1 · 10%
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.