Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1603
גַּעַל
Gaalgah'-al
Gaal
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Gaʻal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1603is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1603
Gaal, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Gaal.
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
Gaal is rendered "Gaal". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Nine of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 9:26Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Judges 9:26גַּ֤עַל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's nine uses are in Judges.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Gaal9
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.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- גַּ֣עַל3
- גַּעַל֮2
- גַ֨עַל1
- גַ֔עַל1
- גַּ֤עַל1
- גַּ֥עַל1
The grammar of each form
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Judges
nine uses
Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- גַּ֤עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
- גַּ֣עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
- גַּ֣עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
- גַ֨עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- גַּ֣עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
- גַּעַל֮gaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
- גַּעַל֮gaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
- גַ֔עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
- גַּ֥עַלgaalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaal
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.