גָּלָלgâlâl
account (Psalms 4:9; Genesis 39:5; Deuteronomy 15:10; Deuteronomy 18:12; 1 Kings 14:16)
Pronunciation: gaw-lawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1558
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 12:13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
- Genesis 30:27 “Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.
- Genesis 39:5 From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the Lord began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.
- Deuteronomy 1:37 “And the Lord was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, ‘Moses, not even you will enter the Promised Land!
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
- Deuteronomy 18:12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the Lord your God will drive them out ahead of you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).