Dict: smith - GALL

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GALL - G>@ - Mereerah , denoting "that which is bitter;" hence the term is applied to the "bile" or "gall" (the fluid secreted by the liver), from its intense bitterness, kjv@Job:16:13 kjv@Job:20:25) it is also used of the "poison" of serpents, kjv@Job:20:14) which the ancients erroneously believed was their gall. Rosh , generally translated "gall" in the English Bible, is in kjv@Hosea:10:4) rendered "hemlock:" in (32:33) and kjv@Job:20:16 rosh denotes the "poison" or "venom" of serpents. From (29:18) and Lame 3:19 compared with Hose 10:4 It is evident that the Hebrew term denotes some bitter and perhaps poisonous plant. Other writers have supposed, and with some reason, from (32:32) that some berry-bearing plant must be intended. Gesenius understands poppies; in which case the gall mingled with the wine offered to our Lord at his crucifixion, and refused by him, would be an anaesthetic, and tend to diminish the sense of suffering. Dr. Richardson, "Ten Lectures on Alcohol," p. 23, thinks these drinks were given to the crucified to diminish the suffering through their intoxicating effects.

GALLERY - G>@ - an architectural term describing the porticos or verandas which are not uncommon in eastern houses. It is doubtful, however, whether the Hebrew words so translated have any reference to such an object. (According to the latest researches, the colonnade or else wainscoting is meant. (Solomon kjv@1:17; Ezekiel:41:15)
Schaff.)

GALLEY - G>@ - SHIP

GALLIM - G>@ - (fountains). This is given as the native place of the man to whom Michal, David’s wife, was given. ( kjv@1Samuel:25:44) There is no clue to the situation of the place. The name occurs again in the catalogue of places terrified at the approach of Sennacherib. kjv@Isaiah:10:30)

GALLIO - G>@ - (one who lives on milk), Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when St. Paul was at Corinth, A.D. 53, under the emperor Claudius. kjv@Acts:18:12) He was brother to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher. Jerome in the Chronicle of Eusebius says that he committed suicide in 65 A.D. Winer thinks he was put to death by Nero.

GALLOWS - G>@ - PUNISHMENTS