Strong's #1558: galal (pronounced gaw-lawl')

from 1556; a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of:--because of, for (sake).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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gâlâl

1) on account of, for the sake of

Part of Speech: noun masculine construct (with preposition)

Relation: from H1556

Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

 

Genesis 12:13: "with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of"
Genesis 30:27: "tarry: for I have learned by experience hath blessed me for thy sake."
Genesis 39:5: "that the LORD the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing"
Deuteronomy 1:37: "Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not"
Deuteronomy 15:10: "shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing"
Deuteronomy 18:12: "these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations thy God"
1 Kings 14:16: "And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin,"
Jeremiah 15:4: "into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah"
Micah 3:12: "Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps,"