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Galal

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(prominence). Three Levites (1 Chron. 9:15-16¹⁵And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; ¹⁶And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (1 Chronicles 9:15‑16); Neh. 11:17¹⁷And 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, the son of Jeduthun. (Nehemiah 11:17)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Levite who dwelt at Jerusalem (1 Chron. 9:15¹⁵And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; (1 Chronicles 9:15)).

2. Levite, son of Jeduthun (1 Chron. 9:16¹⁶And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (1 Chronicles 9:16)).

3. Levite, son of another Jeduthun (Neh. 11:17¹⁷And 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, the son of Jeduthun. (Nehemiah 11:17)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1559 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Galal

Phonic:

gaw-lawl’

Meaning:

from 1556, in the sense of 1560; great; Galal, the name of two Israelites

KJV Usage:

Galal

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

He rolled; weighty; worthy; great:―name of two Israelites, 1 Chron. 9:15. {Devoluit}