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Gall (2)

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(of livers) Gall expressed by two different Hebrew words is used in three senses in connection with the liver: 1. as an organ, either the liver or the gallbladder, through which a sword might pass when one was run through (Job 20:25 ); 2 . as bile, a sticky, yellow-greenish, alkaline fluid secreted by the liver, which might be poured out on the ground when one was disemboweled (Job 16:13 ); 3 . in a figurative sense (Job 13:26 ) for bitterness (bitter things, NAS, NIV, NRSV; bitter charges, REB, TEV).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Gall (2)'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/g/gall-2.html. 1991.

Bible Dictionaries Gall (2)

Holman Bible Dictionary

Bible Dictionaries
Gall (2)