Strong's Hebrew · H1530
גַּל
gal · gal
billow, heap, spring, wave.
Definition
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Derivation
from H1556 (גָּלַל);
Appears 34 times in Scripture
“Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.”
“And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.”
“This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.”
“Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.”
“They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.”
“He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.”
“and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).