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גַּל H1530
H1530 is the Hebrew word גַּל, transliterated gal and said gal. The King James Version most often renders it heap.
What it means
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves).
Where it comes from
from H1556 (גָּלַל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: billow, heap, spring, wave.
Verses using גַּל
All 28 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 31:46 · KJV
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Genesis 31:48 · KJV
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Genesis 31:51 · KJV
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
Genesis 31:52 · KJV
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
Joshua 7:26 · KJV
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Joshua 8:29 · KJV
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
2 Samuel 18:17 · KJV
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
2 Kings 19:25 · KJV
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Job 8:17 · KJV
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job 38:11 · KJV
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Psalm 42:7 · KJV
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalm 65:7 · KJV
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Psalm 89:9 · KJV
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Psalm 107:29 · KJV
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Song of Solomon 4:12 · KJV
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Isaiah 10:30 · KJV
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Isaiah 25:2 · KJV
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isaiah 48:18 · KJV
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 51:15 · KJV
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 5:22 · KJV
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Jeremiah 9:11 · KJV
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 31:35 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Jeremiah 51:37 · KJV
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:55 · KJV
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Ezekiel 26:3 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
Hosea 12:11 · KJV
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Jonah 2:3 · KJV
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Zechariah 10:11 · KJV
And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1530 mean?
H1530 is the Hebrew word גַּל (gal), meaning something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves).
How is H1530 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it heap (10 times), waves (9 times), heaps (3 times), behold this heap (1 time), billows (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1530 appear in the Bible?
גַּל (gal) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1530 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1556 (גָּלַל).
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