Strong's Lexicon

H1523

H1523 — גִּיל גּוּל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewgiylverbOccurrences: 46TWOT: 346a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1523
Word:גִּיל גּוּל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:46
Transliteration:giyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gheel (or (by permutation) guwl {gool}) v.
Meaning:1. (properly) to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
KJV Renderings:be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.

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BDB1620

[גִּיל] verb rejoice (NöZMG 1883, 537; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 890] go round or about, be excited to levity, etc.) —

Qal Perfect גַּלְתִּי Isa 65:19 Imperfect יָגִיל, תָּגִיל Ps 21:2 + 4 t. ( Ps 21:2 Kt יגיל, Qr יָ֫גֶל with retracted tone); יָגֵל, תָּגֵל Ps 13:6 + 11 t., וַיָּגֶל Ps 16:9, אָגִילָה, נָגִילָה Ps 9:15 + 5 t., יָגִילוּ Ps 13:5 + 5 t., יְגִילוּן Ps 89:17, תָּגֵלְנָה Ps 48:12 + 2 t.; יָגִו֯ל Prov 23:24 Imperative גִּילוּ Ps 2:11 + 4 t., גִּילִי Isa 49:13 + 2 t.; —
1. rejoice,
a. absolute Ps 13:5; Ps 51:10; Zech 9:9 || שׂמח Ps 14:7; Ps 16:9; Ps 32:11 ; Ps 48:12 ; Ps 53:7; Ps 96:11 ; Ps 97:1; Ps 97:8; Prov 23:24 ; Prov 23:25 ; 1Chr 16:31; Hab 1:15 || שׂושׂ, שׂישׂ Isa 35:1; Isa 65:18 .
b. with בְּ Ps 149:2 ; Prov 2:14 ; Prov 24:17 ; Isa 9:2 בירושׁלם Isa 65:19 ; Isa 66:10 בישׁועתך Ps 9:15; Ps 13:6; Ps 21:2 ביהוה Ps 35:9; Isa 41:16 ; Zech 10:7 באלהים Isa 61:10 ; Hab 3:18 ׳ בשׁם י Ps 89:17 בקדושׁ ישׂראל Isa 29:19 ׳ גיל ושׂמח ב Ps 31:8; Ps 118:24 ; Song 1:4 ; Isa 25:9; Joel 2:23 ׳ גילי ושׂמחי כ Joel 2:21 .
c. with עַל Zeph 3:17 . Besides persons the subject is לֵב Ps 13:6; Prov 24:17 ; Zech 10:7 נפשׁ Ps 35:9; Isa 61:10 , כבוד ( = נפשׁ) Ps 16:9, ארץ 1Chr 16:31 ; Ps 96:11 ; Ps 97:1 ; Isa 49:13 , ערבה Isa 35:1; Isa 35:2.
2. tremble (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 891]) Ps 2:11 || עבד (Thes Ew Hi Che, but ᵐ5 Hu De Pe AV RV rejoice), Hos 10:5 || אבל (Thes and most modern, but AV RV that rejoiced over it), possibly error for חיל Ew Gr Che.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ג (geel)

Isaiah 65:19

KJV: And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
EHCC: And I will rejoice in Jerusalem,

Psalms 2:11

KJV: Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
EHCC: and rejoice with trembling.

Psalms 82:11

EHCC: and rejoice, ye righteous:

Isaiah 49:13

KJV: Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
EHCC: and be joyful, 0 earth ;

Isaiah 65:18

KJV: But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
EHCC: But be ye glad and rejoice

Isaiah 66:10

KJV: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
EHCC: and be ‘glad with her,

Joel 2:2

KJV: A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.of many…: Heb. of generation and generation
EHCC: Fear not, 0 land; be glad and rejoice:

Zechariah 9:9

KJV: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.having…: or, saving himself
EHCC: Rgoice greatly, O daughter ז

Zechariah 16:1

EHCC: - נת-

1 Chronicles 16:81

EHCC: and let the earth rejoice:

Psalms 9:14

KJV: That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
EHCC: 15(.1 will reoiee in thy salvation.

Psalms 18:4

KJV: The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.ungodly men: Heb. Belial
EHCC: (5). those that trouble me rejoice

Psalms 14:7

KJV: Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.Oh…: Heb. Who will give
EHCC: Jacob shall rejoice,

Psalms 16:9

KJV: Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.rest…: Heb. dwell confidently
EHCC: und my glory rejoiceth : [

Psalms 21:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
EHCC: (2).how greatly shall he rejoice!

Psalms 81:7

KJV: Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.Meribah: or, Strife
EHCC: (8 . Ht be glad. and rejoice

Psalms 85:9

KJV: Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
EHCC: my soul shall be joyful

Psalms 48:11

KJV: Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
EHCC: (12).let the daughters of Judah be gla

Psalms 51:8

KJV: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
EHCC: (10). bones (which) thou hast broken 59

Psalms 53:6

KJV: Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.Oh that…: Heb. Who will give salvation, etc
EHCC: (7). Jacob shall renice,

Psalms 89:16

KJV: In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
EHCC: (17).In thy name shall they rejoice

Psalms 96:11

KJV: Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.the fulness…: or, all it containeth
EHCC: and let the earth be glad;

Psalms 97:1

KJV: The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.multitude…: Heb. many, or, great isles
EHCC: let the earth rejoice;

Psalms 118:24

KJV: This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
EHCC: we will rejoice and be glad

Psalms 149:2

KJV: Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.in him…: Heb. in his Makers
EHCC: let the children of Zion be joyful

Proverbs 2:14

KJV: Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
EHCC: delight in the frowardness

Proverbs 29:24

KJV: Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
EHCC: of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:

Proverbs 24:17

KJV: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
EHCC: let not thine heart be glad

Song of Songs 1:4

KJV: Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.the upright…: or, they love thee uprightly
EHCC: we will be glad and rejoice

Isaiah 9:3

KJV: Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.not: or, to him
EHCC: (2).08 (men) rejoice when they divide

Isaiah 25:9

KJV: And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
EHCC: we will be glad and rejoice

Isaiah 29:19

KJV: The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.increase: Heb. add
EHCC: the poor among men shail rejoice

Isaiah 35:1

KJV: The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
EHCC: and the desert shall rejoice, .

Isaiah 41:16

KJV: Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
EHCC: thou thalt rejoice in the Lord,

Isaiah 61:10

KJV: I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest
EHCC: my soul shall be joyful in my God;

Hosea 10:5

KJV: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.the priests…: or, Chemarim
EHCC: the priests thereof (that) rejoiced

Habakkuk 1:15

KJV: They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.drag: or, flue net
EHCC: they rejoice and are glad.

Habakkuk 3:18

KJV: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
EHCC: 7 will yoy in the God of my

Zephaniah 8:17

EHCC: he will oy over thee

Zechariah 10:7

KJV: And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
EHCC: their haart shall rejoice in the
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