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To quarrel

גָּלַעStrong’s H1566

gala (ga-la)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gala is the Hebrew word usually translated “bursts out” and “it has broken out”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”
Proverbs 17:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. To expose, lay bare(Hithpael)
How it's translated
  • he bursts out 2
  • it has broken out 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 3

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גָּלַע gala · to quarrel

1) to expose, lay bare 1a) (Hithpael) 1a1) to disclose oneself, break out 1a2) to break out (in contention)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “quarrel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

QUAR'REL, noun

[Latin queror, to complain, that is, to cry out with a loud voice. Hence we see the primary sense is the same as brawl. The Latin queror coincides in elements with to call, to bawl, to shout, and gearan, a complaint. Heb.

  1. A brawl; a petty fight or scuffle; from its noise and uproar.
  2. A dispute; a contest.
  3. A breach of friendship or concord; open variance between parties.
  4. Cause of dispute.
All definitions and other forms of “quarrel”
  1. Something that gives a right to mischief, reprisal or action.
  2. Objection; ill will, or reason to complain; ground of objection or dispute.“Herodias had a quarrel against him” Mark 6:19
  3. Something peevish, malicious, or disposed to make trouble. [Not used.]

QUAR'REL, noun

  1. An arrow with a square head. [Not used unless in poetry.]
  2. A pane of glass; a square. [See Quarry and Square.]

QUAR'REL, verb intransitive

  1. To dispute violently or with loud and angry words; to wrangle; to scold.
  2. To fight; to scuffle; to contend; to squabble; used of two persons or of a small number.
  3. To fall into variance.
  4. To find fault; to cavil.
  5. To disagree; to be at variance; not to be in accordance in form or essence.

QUAR'REL, verb transitive

  1. To quarrel with.
  2. To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.