Because of
גָּלָלStrong’s H1558galal (ga-lal)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Galal is the Hebrew word usually translated “on account of” and “on account of you”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.”
Meaning
- On account of, for the sake of
How it's translated
- on account of 5
- on account of you 4
- and on account of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- Jeremiah 2
- 1 Kings 1
- Micah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 30:27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
- Genesis 39:5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
- Deuteronomy 1:37Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
- Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
- Deuteronomy 18:12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
- 1 Kings 14:16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּלָל galal · because of
on account of, for the sake of
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.