גֻּלָּה
gullâh · gool-law'
a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine from H1556 (גָּלַל);
a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bowl, pommel, spring.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֻּלָּה 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- springs4 · 29%
- me also springs2 · 14%
- bowls2 · 14%
- pommels2 · 14%
- and the two bowls1 · 7%
- and the pommels1 · 7%
- bowl1 · 7%
- side of the bowl1 · 7%
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.