גִּיל
gîyl · gheel
a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1523 (גִּיל);
a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
- a revolution (of time, i.e. an age)
- also, joy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] exceedingly, gladness, [idiom] greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.
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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and gladness2 · 20%
- exceedingly1 · 10%
- joy1 · 10%
- and rejoicing1 · 10%
- rejoice1 · 10%
- shall greatly1 · 10%
- and joy1 · 10%
- which are of your sort1 · 10%
- for joy1 · 10%
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.