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GALL

The gall bladder (Job 20:25) and its bile (15:13). Heb. mĕrôrâ/mĕrēand rōʾš/rôš are also employed in the OT as a metaphor for the bitterness of life, especially of a life devoid of God’s blessings (e.g., Deut. 32:32). In the LXX Gk. chol translates a number of Hebrew words meaning “gall,” “poison,” and “bitterness.” Matt. 27:34 attests that Jesus was offered wine mixed with gall just before his crucifixion; this mocking of Jesus is at the same time a fulfillment of Ps. 69:21(MT 22). In Acts 8:23 gall is used metaphorically to describe the bondage which keeps Simon Magus from discerning the grace of God.

David A. Dorman







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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