H1537

גִּלְגָּל

Gilgâl · ghil-gawl'

Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: the same as H1536 (גִּלְגָּל) (with the article as a properly, noun);

Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Gilgal. See also H1019 (בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל).

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 גִּלְגָּל 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

41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

to gilgal10 · 24%
in gilgal8 · 20%
from gilgal5 · 12%
gilgal2 · 5%
at gilgal2 · 5%
of gilgal2 · 5%
toward gilgal1 · 2%
that were by gilgal1 · 2%
and gilgal1 · 2%
me to gilgal1 · 2%
he was yet in gilgal1 · 2%
not to gilgal1 · 2%
now upon me to gilgal1 · 2%
not ye unto gilgal1 · 2%
is in gilgal1 · 2%
into gilgal1 · 2%
for gilgal1 · 2%
unto gilgal1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל4הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃4הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל4הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל3הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל3בַּגִּלְגָּ֔ל3בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃2בַּגִּלְגָּ֖ל1בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ ס1הַגִּלְגָּֽלָה׃ פ1הַגִּלְגָּל֙1הַגִּלְגָּל֒1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.