Definition

a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of

Etymology

from H1556 (גָּלַל);

Word family

• גָּלַל gâlal

How the KJV renders it

• because of
• for (sake)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.