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gall

Meaning of “gall”

Sense 1: A bodily organ or its bitter fluid. Sense 2: A bitter or poisonous substance. Sense 3: By figure, extreme bitterness, misery, corruption, iniquity, or bitter judgment.

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14 occurrences14 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 29:18

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Lamentations 3:19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:19 · retained source text

Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.

1611 marginal noteOr, remember.

Amos 6:12
¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 6:12 · retained source text

¶ Shall horses runne vpon the rocke? wil one plow there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnesse into hemlocke.

Matthew 27:34
¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
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1611 witness · Matthew 27:34 · retained source text

¶ They gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: and when hee had tasted thereof, hee would not drinke.

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