Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1558
גָּלָל
galalgaw-lawl'
because of
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gâlâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1558is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1558
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
The King James renders it: because of, for (sake).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
galal is rendered "because of". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Genesis 12:13בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's ten uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- on account of5
- on account of you4
- and on account of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גָּלָה | galah | Heglam | Uses186 |
| גָּלַח | galach | to shave | Uses23 |
| גָּלַל | galal | to roll | Uses18 |
| גָּלוּת | galuth | captivity | Uses15 |
| גָּלוּת | galuth | captivity | Uses4 |
| גָּלִיל | galil | turned | Uses4 |
| גָּלַע | gala | to quarrel | Uses3 |
| גָּלָל | galal | dung | Uses2 |
| גָּלַשׁ | galash | to step down | Uses2 |
| גָּלַם | galam | to fold | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּ֠גְלַל2
- בִּגְלַ֣ל1
- בִּגְלַ֞ל1
- בִּגְלַ֣ל׀1
- בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃1
- בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ׃1
- בִּגְלַלְכֶ֖ם1
- בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔ם1
- וּבִגְלַל֙1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp2fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
Genesis
three uses
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃biglalekhpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: on account of you
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
- בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ׃biglalekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: on account of you
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
- בִּגְלַ֣לbiglalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on account of
Deuteronomy
three uses
The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- בִּגְלַלְכֶ֖םbiglalkhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: on account of you
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
- בִּגְלַ֣ל׀biglalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on account of
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
- וּבִגְלַל֙uviglalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and on account of
1 Kings
one use
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- בִּגְלַ֞לbiglalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on account of
Jeremiah
two uses
The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
- בִּ֠גְלַלbiglalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on account of
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
- בִּ֠גְלַלbiglalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on account of
Micah
one use
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔םbiglalkhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: on account of you
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.