Strong's Hebrew · H1566

גָּלַע

gâlaʻ · gaw-lah'

(inter-) meddle (with).

Definition

to be obstinate

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Proverbs 18:1

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 20:3

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

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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).

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