Galal — the meaning of the Hebrew name גָּלָל

גָּלָל

Gâlâl · pronounced gaw-lawl' · Strong's H1559 · a man

Galal means great.

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גָּלַל gâlal (from, H1556) — to roll (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

גְּלָל gᵉlâl (the sense of, H1560) — weight or size (as if rolled) open in the lexicon ›

from H1556, in the sense of H1560; great; Galal, the name of two Israelites.

1Chr 9:15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Chronicles, Nehemiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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