Word Study · Strong's H1557 · Hebrew

גָּלָל

galal

gaw-lawl'

Strong's 1890 spelling: gâlâl

“dung (as in balls)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

dung (as in balls)

Rendered in the KJV as

dung.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הַגָּלָ֖ל1
כַּגְּלָלִֽים׃1

How it is rendered · 2

like the dungs1
the dung1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HRd/Ncmpa · 1
HTd/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings1 of 2 · 50%
Zephaniah1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 14:10הַגָּלָ֖לhagalalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBecause of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!here: the dung

Zephaniah1 occurrence

Zephaniah 1:17כַּגְּלָלִֽים׃kagelalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralI will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.here: like the dungs

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled גָּלָל

H1558 · 10×

גָּלָל

galal

“a circumstance (as rolled around)”

H1559 · 3×

גָּלָל

Galal

“Galal, the name of two Israelites”

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