גִּלּוּל
gillûwl · ghil-lool'
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) גִּלֻּל; from H1556 (גָּלַל);
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
- properly, a log (as round)
- by implication, an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: idol.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּלּוּל 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
48 occurrences · 48 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their idols7 · 17%
- idols4 · 10%
- the idols3 · 7%
- his idols3 · 7%
- to the idols3 · 7%
- of your idols2 · 5%
- and their idols1 · 2%
- all the idols1 · 2%
- with his idols1 · 2%
- and the idols1 · 2%
- her images1 · 2%
- your idols1 · 2%
- and your idols1 · 2%
- to all their idols1 · 2%
- and all the idols1 · 2%
- of his idols1 · 2%
- from me through their idols1 · 2%
- yourselves from your idols1 · 2%
- and with all the idols1 · 2%
- not yourselves with the idols1 · 2%
- yourselves with their idols1 · 2%
- yourselves with all your idols1 · 2%
- and with your idols1 · 2%
- thyself in thine idols1 · 2%
- with all their idols1 · 2%
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.