Gâlâl — H1559

Definition

masculine proper noun

Galal, the name of two Israelites

1. Galal = "influential"
2. a Levite, one of the sons of Asaph
3. a third Levite, son of Jeduthun

Usually translated as

Galal

Origin

from H1556, in the sense of H1560; great

• Derived from Gâlal (H1556)
• Derived from Gᵉlâl (H1560)

Occurrences

Gâlâl occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 9:15 — And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal (וְגָלָ֑ל), and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
• 1 Chronicles 9:16 — And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal (גָּלָ֖ל), the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
• Nehemiah 11:17 — And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal (גָּלָ֖ל), the son of Jeduthun.