Strong’s H1566 · Hebrew
גָּלַע
gâlaʻ · gaw-lah'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to be obstinate
In the King James Version (inter-) meddle (with).
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
- Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.