Strong’s H1556 · Hebrew
גָּלַל
gâlal
gaw-lal'
Definition
to roll (literally or figuratively)
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- commit
- remove
- roll (away
- down
- together)
- run down
- seek occasion
- trust
- wallow
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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