גִּיל
gîyl · gheel
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
Lexicon
Derivation: or (by permutation) גּוּל; a primitive root;
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּיל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall rejoice6 · 15%
- be glad5 · 12%
- rejoice4 · 10%
- and rejoice4 · 10%
- shall be joyful2 · 5%
- i will rejoice1 · 2%
- me rejoice1 · 2%
- rejoiceth1 · 2%
- shall he rejoice1 · 2%
- i will be glad1 · 2%
- may rejoice1 · 2%
- shall they rejoice1 · 2%
- rejoiced1 · 2%
- we will rejoice1 · 2%
- be joyful1 · 2%
- and delight1 · 2%
- thee shall rejoice1 · 2%
- we will be glad1 · 2%
- and as men rejoice1 · 2%
- for him, we will be glad1 · 2%
- them: and thou shalt rejoice1 · 2%
- and be joyful1 · 2%
- and i will rejoice1 · 2%
- and be glad1 · 2%
- thereof that rejoiced1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.