גִּלְגָּל
Gilgal
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H1537 appears — 39 distinct verses across 10 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
Joshua 13 verses
- Joshua 4:19 בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל prep det + n Proper The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
- Joshua 4:20 בַּ/גִּלְגָּֽל prep det + n Proper Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
- Joshua 5:9 גִּלְגָּ֔ל n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.
- Joshua 5:10 בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֑ל prep det + n Proper The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 9:6 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֑ל ptcl def.art + n Proper They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.
- Joshua 10:6 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֣לָ/ה ptcl def.art + n Proper + sfx dem The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
- Joshua 10:7 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗ל ptcl def.art + n Proper So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
- Joshua 10:9 הַ/גִּלְגָּֽל ptcl def.art + n Proper Joshua therefore came on them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.
- Joshua 10:15 הַ/גִּלְגָּֽלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n Proper + sfx dem Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
- Joshua 10:43 הַ/גִּלְגָּֽלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n Proper + sfx dem Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
- Joshua 12:23 לְ/גִלְגָּ֖ל prep + n Proper the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
- Joshua 14:6 בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל prep det + n Proper Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
- Joshua 15:7 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗ל ptcl def.art + n Proper and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 2:1 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל ptcl def.art + n Proper The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:
- Judges 3:19 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל ptcl def.art + n Proper But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand to you, king. He said, Keep silence. All who stood by him went out from him.
1 Samuel 12 verses
- 1 Samuel 7:16 וְ/הַ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל conj + ptcl def.art + n Proper He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
- 1 Samuel 10:8 הַ/גִּלְגָּל֒ ptcl def.art + n Proper You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shall you wait, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
- 1 Samuel 11:14 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֑ל ptcl def.art + n Proper Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
- 1 Samuel 11:15 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗ל בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל ptcl def.art + n Proper prep det + n Proper All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 13:4 הַ/גִּלְגָּֽל ptcl def.art + n Proper All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:7 בַ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל prep det + n Proper Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
- 1 Samuel 13:8 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֑ל ptcl def.art + n Proper He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
- 1 Samuel 13:12 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל ptcl def.art + n Proper therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 13:15 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל ptcl def.art + n Proper Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 15:12 הַ/גִּלְגָּֽל ptcl def.art + n Proper Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 15:21 בַּ/גִּלְגָּֽל prep det + n Proper But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 15:33 בַּ/גִּלְגָּֽל prep det + n Proper Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 19:15 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗לָ/ה ptcl def.art + n Proper + sfx dem So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 19:40 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֔לָ/ה ptcl def.art + n Proper + sfx dem So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 2:1 הַ/גִּלְגָּֽל ptcl def.art + n Proper It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
- 2 Kings 4:38 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֨לָ/ה֙ ptcl def.art + n Proper + sfx dem Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 4:15 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗ל ptcl def.art + n Proper "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, Yet don't let Judah offend; And don't come to Gilgal, Neither go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'
- Hosea 9:15 בַּ/גִּלְגָּל֙ prep det + n Proper "All their wickedness is in Gilgal; For there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
- Hosea 12:11 בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל prep det + n Proper If Gilead is wicked, Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 4:4 הַ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל ptcl def.art + n Proper "Go to Bethel, and sin; To Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days,
- Amos 5:5 וְ/הַ/גִּלְגָּל֙ הַ/גִּלְגָּל֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n Proper ptcl def.art + n Proper But don't seek Bethel, Nor enter into Gilgal, And don't pass to Beersheba: For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing.
Micah 1 verse
About this entry
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At its core, גלגל (Gilgâl) means “Gilgal.” It first appears in Deuteronomy 11:30. It turns up in 39 verses across 10 books, a moderately common footprint. The word gravitates to Joshua (33%), then 1 Samuel and Hosea. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H1537 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 39
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 39 distinct verses.
- 10 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 10 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #891
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 891 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 39 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 39 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 37 verses · 95%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1 verse · 3%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1 verse · 3%
How translations render this word
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Gilgal 35×
- American Standard Version†: Gilgal 31×, Camp to gilgal 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Gilgal 38×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Gilgal 39×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1537 across 41† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1537 across 41† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1537 across 39† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1537 across 41† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
גלגל I [m.] wheel (on format. cf. BaNB 204) of cart, גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתוֹ Is 28
גלגל II loc. ( = (sacred) circle of stones
- 1. place E. of Jericho, where Isr. lay encamped Jos 4:19, 20; 5:9, 10; 9:6; 10:6, 7, 9, 15, 43; 14:6; cf. Mi 6:5 & Ju 3:19 הַפְּסִילִים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־הַגּ׳;? mod. Tell Juljul BdPal 169; perhaps also the place where sacrifices were offered 1 S 10:8; 11:14, 15(×2); 13:4, 7, 8, 12, 15 (in v 15 ins. also c. other words, Dr cf. We) 15:12, 21, 33; place of illicit sacrifice Ho 4:15; 9:15; 12:12 Am 4:4; 5:5(×2), named also Ju 2:1 1 S 7:16 2 S 19:16, 41;? = בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל Ne 12:29. e.g. Joshua 4:19
- 2. place on border between Judah & Benjamin Jos 15:7 (= גְּלִילוֹת 18:17 cf. Di). e.g. Joshua 15:7
- 3. place in N. Isr., dwelling of prophets 2 K 2:1; 4:38, mod. Jiljilie S. from Nâbulus, SW. from Seilûn (Shiloh) cf. Di RiHWB 518. e.g. 2 Kings 2:1
- 4. place in N. Isr. near Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal Dt 11:30, identif. with 3 by Ke RiHWB 518 SchenkelBL SS; but cf. Di. e.g. Deuteronomy 11:30
- 5. in phr. מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִם לְגִלְגָּל Jos 12:23, in list of Canaanitish kings; prob. name of a (northern) district cf. Di (B βασιλέα Γεεὶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας—but 𝔊L & Codd. Γοειμ τῆς Γελγελ); Di comp. Is 8:23. e.g. Joshua 12:23
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.[m.] wheel (on format. cf. BaNB 204) of cart, גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתוֹ Is 28:28.
II. n.pr.loc. ( = (sacred) circle of stones; cf. Di on Jos 5:9, where word-play on roll away, off)—c.art.except Jos 5:9; 12:23;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from גלגל (gilgâl) (H1536) — wheel.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
גִּלְגֵּל
- 1. to roll, turn. Pirké́ d’R. El. ch. XXXVI לגַלְגֵּל וכ׳ to roll (move) the stone.—Y. Sabb. III, 6ᵃ top מְגַלְגְּלִין ביצה וכ׳ you may roll an egg (for roasting) on &c. Ḥall. III, 1 גִּלְגְּלָה (בחטים) when she has formed the dough (of wheat) by rolling; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְגוּלְגָּל, f. מְגוּלְגֶּלֶת; pl. מְגוּלְגָּלִים, מְגוּלְגָּלִין; מְגוּלְגָּלוֹת. 1) rolled. Pes. 7ᵃ עיסה מג׳ a formed dough. Y. Sot. I, 16ᶜ bot. ביצים מג׳ roasted eggs; a. fr.
- 2. rounded. B. Bath. 16ᵇ מה עדשה זו מְגוּלְגֶּלֶת אף אבילות מִגַּלְגֶּלֶת וכ׳ as the lentil is rounded, so does mourning roll and go around (different version in Ms., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note, a. in Yalk. Gen. 110, v. גַּלְגַּל). [Men. 86ᵃ, v. גִּרְגֵּר.].—2) (with על) to roll upon, to put on one’s shoulders, to burden, tax, assess. Keth. VIII, 1 (78ᵃ) אתם מגלגלים עלינו וכ׳ you burden us with old restrictive laws. Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ אתם מג׳ וכ׳ ye impose upon us taxes &c. Y. B. Bath. I, beg. 12ᵈ מג׳ עליו וכ׳ you make him bear the expenses for &c.
- 3. to bring about, cause. Sabb. 32ᵃ; Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 12 מגלגלין זכות ע"י וכ׳ good things are brought about through the agency of good men &c.; a. fr.
- 4. (v. גָּלַל Nif.) to overcome (one’s own feelings), to put up with, bear with. Keth. 67ᵇ רצונך שתְּגַלְגֵּל עמי בעדשים will you bear with me when I offer you only lentils? ג׳ עמו וכ׳ he tried to live with him on lentils, and died. Ib. 111ᵃ ג׳ בעצמו he conquered his love and remained single. Y. ib. VII, beg. 31ᵇ מגלגלת עמו וכ׳ she has to bear with him thirty days longer. Y. Yeb. VIII, 8ᵈ top גַּלְגֵּל עמהן וכ׳ bear with them twelve months (give them time for reconsideration).
- , Nithpalp. נִתְגַּלְגֵּל
- 1. to be rolled. Erub. X, 3 נ׳ הספר מידו the scroll rolled out of his hands (down the roof). Ḥall. III, 1 עד שתִּתְגַּלְגֵּל בחטים in the case of wheat flour, until it (the dough) is rolled, v. supra. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ top; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ top מִתְגַּלְגְּלִין their bodies are rolled underground, v. גִּלְגּוּל. B. Kam. 17ᵇ ונתג׳ למקום אחר but the barrel rolled to another place. Pesik. R. s. 6 מא"י נִתְגַּלְגְלָה וכ׳ from Palestine it (the stone) rolled and arrived just for this momentary use; a. fr.
- 2. to be turned, changed, transferred, caused. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLIX נתגלגלה המלכות על וכ׳ the royal dignity was transferred on Esther. Shebu. VII, 8 נ׳ לו שבועה וכ׳ if by chance an oath is imposed upon him in another law-suit (with the same persons), the court makes him swear by implication &c.; v. גִּלְגּוּל.
- 3. (of waters) to tower, gather. Pirké d’R. El. ch. V; ch. XXIII.
- 4. (with רחמים) to prevail (over hatred &c.), be moved. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִתְגַּלְגְּלוּ רחמיו וכ׳ the Lord’s compassion was moved. Tanḥ. Vayigg. 4; a. e.
- 5. to throw one’s self upon, to attack. Yalk. Is. 350 (ib. 288 נתגאה).
גַּלְגֵּל
- , to roll. Targ. Y. I Gen. XXVIII, 10 (II גלל). Ib. XXIX, 8 (O. גנדר); a. e.—Y. Shebu. VI, 37ᵃ wait עד דִּיגַלְגֵּל עלן וכ׳ until he heaps upon thee all his claims, and then swear concerning all of them. Ib. VII, end, 38ᵃ או אישתבע ליה כל דמְגַלְגֵּל עלך or thou must swear to him concerning all that he asks thee to swear to by implication.—Part. pass. Ber. 44ᵇ ביעתא מְגוּלְגַּלְתָּא an egg roasted in ashes, v. preced.
- ; אִתְגְּלַל (fr. גְּלַל), אִתְגּוֹלַל (Ithpolel of גּוּל)
- 1. as preced. Hithpalp. 3. Targ. Job XXX, 14.—2) (with רחמין) as preced. Hithpalp. 4. Targ. I Kings III, 26 איתגלגלו ed. Lag. (ed. אִיתְגְּלָלוּ). Targ. O. Gen. XLIII, 30 אִתְגּוֹלָלוּ). Targ. Hos. XI, 8 מתגללא ed. Lag. ed. אִתְגּוֹלָלוּ). Targ. Jer. XXXI, 20 אִתְגּוֹ׳. Targ. II Chr. XXXIII, 13. Targ. Y. Num. XXVI, 1; a. e.—3) to come about, to happen. B. Mets. 40ᵃ, a. e. איגלגל מילתא it so happened in the course of time.—4) (denom. of גולגלתא) to crown, adorn one’s self. Esth. R. to I, 4 whether with its own or with strange (feathers) מִתְגַּלְגְּלַת בת קבריא the raven will adorn itself; ib. 9.
גַּלְגַּל
- preced.)
- 1. wheel, esp. the wheel-work at wells, crane &c. Midd. V, 4. Tosef. B. Bath. II, 16 בית גולגל לרבים ed. Zuck. (Var. גילגל) a public well. B. Bath. IV, 5 את הג׳ the crane of the wine or oil press, v. חוּמַרְתָּא. Erub. X, 14; a. fr.
- 2. globe, celestial sphere, esp. the sphere of the zodiac. Yoma 20ᵇ, a. e. ג׳ חמה the revolution of the Sun. Pes. 94ᵇ ג׳ קבוע ומזלות וכ׳ the sphere of the zodiac is stationary, and the planets make the circuit; ג׳ חוזר וכ׳ the sphere (wheel) turns around and the planets are stationary; a. fr.—B. Bath. 16ᵇ Ms. M. מה עדש זה דומה לג׳ וכ׳ as the lentil resembles a sphere, so is mourning a sphere making a circuit in the world; (diff. in ed., v. גִּלְגֵּל); Yalk. Gen. 110 מה עדשים האלו ג׳ וכ׳.
- 3. the eye-ball. Gen. R. s. 42; Lev. R. s. 11; Ruth R. introd. 6 (ref. to עין משפט Gen. XIV, 7) ג׳ עינו של עולם the eye-ball of the world (Abraham). Snh. 108ᵃ בשביל ג׳ העין וכ׳ on account of (the covetousness of) the eye-ball (v. next w.); a. e.—Pl. גַּלְגִּלִּים. Makhsh. III, 8 wheel works. B. Bath. 58ᵃ שני גַּלְגִּלִּי חמה two Sun-globes.—Y. Nidd. III, 50ᶜ bot. ג׳ אדם וכ׳ the apples of man’s eyes are round.—Trnsf. the rotation of fortune, changes (v. B. Bath. 16ᵇ quot. above). Sabb. 151ᵇ (ref. to בִּגְלַל Deut. XV, 10) ג׳ הוא וכ׳ a wheel rotates in this world, i.e. changes of fortune take place constantly; Ex. R. s. 31, a. e.—3) (= גַּרְגַּר) globule, grain. Sabb. 64ᵇ; 65ᵃ, v. גַּרְגַּר.—Pl. as above. Y. Maasr. V, end, 52ᵃ; Tosef. ib. III, 14 Egyptian beans are those שגַּלְגִּלֵּיהֶן חדין (ed. Zuck. גלוגל׳, Var. גלגל הן, corr. acc.) whose globules are pointed. e.g. Genesis 14:7
גַּלְגַּל ²
- 1. wheel. Targ. Ezek. I, 15 sq. גִּילְ׳ ed. Lag. Targ. Ps. LXXXIII, 14; a. e.—Erub. 104ᵃ למימלא בגי׳ to fill (draw water) with the wheel. Lev. R. s. 34, v. אַנְטְלַיָּא.
- 2. globe, celestial sphere. Targ. Ps. LXXVII, 19. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 33.—B. Bath. 74ᵃ ג׳ דרקיע וכ׳ the sphere of the zodiac which turns around.
- 3. eye-ball. Targ. Ps. XVII, 8 גִּילְגוּל ed. Lag. (oth. ed. גִּלְגּוּל; Ms. גִּיגַּל).—Tam. 32ᵇ they handed him ג׳ דעינא Ar. (ed. גולגלתא incorr.) an eye-ball. Ib. גולגלתא דעינא וכ׳ (read גילגלא) the eye-ball of a mortal which is never satisfied. B. Bath. 73ᵇ
- 4. stubble. Targ. Is. XVII, 13.—Pl. גִּלְגְּלַיָּא, גִּילְ׳. Targ. Ezek. I, 16 sq.—Targ. Ex. XIV, 25 גִּלְגְּלֵי ed. Berl. (ed. a. Y. גַּלְגַּלֵי). Targ. Y. II ib. גֶּלְגְּלַיָּא; a. e.—Koh. R. to XII, 6; Lev. R. s. 18; a. e.—4) (v. next w.) a sort of girdle. Pl. גַּלְגְּלַיָּיה. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (transl. of גליונים, Is. III, 22), v. גִּלְיוֹן 3. e.g. Isaiah 3:22
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 23 distinct written forms H1537 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 11:30 | 4 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗ל | Noun, Proper | Hosea 4:15 | 4 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּֽל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 13:4 | 4 |
| בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 11:15 | 3 |
| בַּ/גִּלְגָּֽל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 15:21 | 3 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֑ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 11:14 | 3 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Amos 4:4 | 3 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּֽלָ/ה | Noun, Proper | Joshua 10:15 | 2 |
| בַ/גִּלְגָּ֔ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 13:7 | 1 |
| בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֑ל | Noun, Proper | Joshua 5:10 | 1 |
| בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Hosea 12:11 | 1 |
| בַּ/גִּלְגָּל֙ | Noun, Proper | Hosea 9:15 | 1 |
| גִּלְגָּ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Joshua 5:9 | 1 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֔לָ/ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 19:40 | 1 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗לָ/ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 19:15 | 1 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֣לָ/ה | Noun, Proper | Joshua 10:6 | 1 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּ֨לָ/ה֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 4:38 | 1 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּל֒ | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 10:8 | 1 |
| הַ/גִּלְגָּל֙ | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:5 | 1 |
| הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 12:29 | 1 |
| וְ/הַ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 7:16 | 1 |
| וְ/הַ/גִּלְגָּל֙ | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:5 | 1 |
| לְ/גִלְגָּ֖ל | Noun, Proper | Joshua 12:23 | 1 |
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Gilgal). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Rolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites moved forward to Gilgal, and there made a permanent camp (Josh. 9:6; 10:6). It was "beside the oaks of Moreh," near which Abraham erected his first altar (Gen. 12:6, 7). This was one of the three towns to which Samuel resorted for the administration of justice (1 Sam. 7:16), and here also he offered sacrifices when the ark was no longer in the tabernacle at Shiloh (1 Sam. 10:8; 13:7-9). To this place, as to a central sanctuary, all Israel gathered to renew their allegiance to Saul (11:14). At a later period it became the scene of idolatrous worship (Hos. 4:15; 9:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Jiljilieh, about 5 miles south-west of Shiloh and about the same distance from Bethel.
(2.) The place in "the plains of Jericho," "in the east border of Jericho," where the Israelites first encamped after crossing the Jordan (Josh. 4:19, 20). Here they kept their first Passover in the land of Canaan (5:10) and renewed the rite of circumcision, and so "rolled away the reproach" of their Egyptian slavery. Here the twelve memorial stones, taken from the bed of the Jordan, were set up; and here also the tabernacle remained till it was removed to Shiloh (18:1). It has been identified with Tell Jiljulieh, about 5 miles from Jordan.
(3.) A place, probably in the hill country of Ephraim, where there was a school of the prophets (2 Kings 4:38), and whence Elijah and Elisha, who resided here, "went down" to Bethel (2:1, 2). It is mentioned also in Deut. 11:30. It is now known as Jiljilia, a place 8 miles north of Bethel.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(a wheel; rolling).
+ The site of the first camp of the Israelites on the west of the Jordan, the place at which they passed the first night after crossing the river, and where the twelve stones were set up which had been taken from the bed of the stream, (Joshua 4:19,20) comp. Josh 4:3 Where also they kept the first passover in the land of Canaan ch. (Joshua 5:10) It was "in the east border of Jericho," apparently on a hillock or rising ground, (Joshua 5:3) comp. Josh 5:9 In the Arboth-Jericho (Authorized Version "the plains"), that is, the hot depressed district of the Ghor which lay between the town and the Jordan. ch. (Joshua 5:10) Here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king. We again have a glimpse of it, some sixty years later, in the history of David's return to Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 19:40) A Gilgal is spoken of in (Joshua 15:7) in describing the north border of Judah. In (Joshua 18:17) it is given as Geliloth. Gilgal near Jericho is doubtless intended. + In (2 Kings 2:1,2; 4:38) is named a Gilgal visited by Elijah and Elisha. This could not be the Gilgal of the low plain of the Jordan, for the prophets are said to have gone down to Bethel, which is 3000 feet above the plain. It haa been identified with Jiljilia, about four miles from Bethel and Shiloh respectively. + The "king of the nations of Gilgal" or rather perhaps the "king of Goim at Gilgal," is mentioned in the catalogue of the chiefs overthrown bv Joshua. (Joshua 12:23) Possibly the site of this place is marked by the modern village Jiljulieh, about four miles south of Antipatris, which lies 16 miles northeast of Joppa. But another Gilgal, under the slightly-different form of Kilkilieh, lies about two miles east of Antipatris.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
wheel; rolling; heap
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 36 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 39 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Deuteronomy 11:30
- Joshua 4:19
- Judges 2:1
- 1 Samuel 7:16
- 2 Samuel 19:15
- 2 Kings 2:1
- Hosea 4:15
- Amos 4:4
- Micah 6:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
