גָּלַל gâlal

Meaning

to roll (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version: commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 29:3 When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
• Genesis 29:8 But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
• Genesis 29:10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
• Genesis 43:18 But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
• Joshua 5:9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
• Joshua 10:18 So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
• 1 Samuel 14:33 Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
• 2 Samuel 20:12 But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
• Job 30:14 They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
• Psalms 22:8 “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
• Psalms 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
• Psalms 119:22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
• Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
• Proverbs 26:27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
• Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
• Isaiah 34:4 All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
• Jeremiah 51:25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
• Amos 5:24 But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.