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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