Galal means “commit” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1556 — ekdikeo (“vindicate”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1556 גָּלַל (galal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. galal (gaw-lal') v. 1. to roll (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 18 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include rolled, roll, commit, they, and wallowed. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
galal (gaw-lal') v. 1. to roll (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.
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to roll
Usage: 1) to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together 1a) (Qal) to roll 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to roll up 1b2) to flow down 1c) (Pilpel) to roll 1d) (Poal) to be rolled 1e) (Hithpoel) to roll oneself 1f) (Hithpalpel) to roll oneself 1g) (Hiphil) to roll away Aramaic equivalent: ge.lal (גְּלָל "great" H1560)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render galal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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18 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1556.
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1556, grouped by book.
Galal (Strong's H1556) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "commit". galal (gaw-lal') v. 1. to roll (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H1556 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1556 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rolled, roll, commit, they, wallowed, and trusted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.