גַּלְגַּל
galgal · gal-gal'
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
Lexicon
Derivation: by reduplication from H1556 (גָּלַל);
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
- a wheel
- by analogy, a whirlwind
- also, dust (as whirled)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּלְגַּל 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was in the heaven1 · 9%
- them like a wheel1 · 9%
- or the wheel1 · 9%
- and their wheels1 · 9%
- and like a rolling thing1 · 9%
- of his wheels1 · 9%
- the wheels1 · 9%
- from between the wheels1 · 9%
- o wheel1 · 9%
- and wheels1 · 9%
- and of the wheels1 · 9%
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.