Strong's Lexicon

H1524

H1524 — גִּיל

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

Hebrewgiylnoun mascOccurrences: 10TWOT: 346b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1524
Word:גִּיל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1523
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:10
Transliteration:giyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gheel
Meaning:1. a revolution (of time, i.e. an age) 2. also joy
KJV Renderings:X exceedingly, gladness, X greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1621

I. גִּיל noun [masculine] rejoicingJob 3:22 + 6 t., גִּו֯ל Prov 23:24 suffix גִּילִי Ps 43:4 — rejoicing Ps 65:13; Prov 23:24 || שׂמחה Ps 45:16; Isa 16:10; Jer 48:33; Joel 1:16, שִׂמְחַת גִילִי Ps 43:4, שׂמח אל גיל glad unto rejoicing Hos 9:1; Job 3:22.


BDB1622

II. [גִּיל] noun [masculine] circle, age, מן הילדים אשׁר כְּ גִלְכֶם of the youths which are of your age Dan 1:10 (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 892] Samaritan גיל = Hebrew דור = γενεά, Talmud בן גילו one born at the same time, a contemporary).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גיל (geel)

Job 3:22

KJV: Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
EHCC: Which rejoice exceedingly, (lit. rejoicing

Psalms 48:4

KJV: For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
EHCC: unto God my exceeding joy:

Psalms 4:15

EHCC: 16). With gladness rajeicing

Psalms 65:12

KJV: They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.rejoice…: Heb. are girded with joy
EHCC: (18). and the little hills reyotce (marg. ג

Proverbs 23:24

KJV: The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
EHCC: The father of the righteous shall pret’,

Isaiah 16:10

KJV: And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
EHCC: and joy out of the plentiful 0

Jeremiah 48:39

KJV: They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.back: Heb. neck
EHCC: And joy and gladness

Daniel 1:10

KJV: And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.worse…: Heb. saddersort: or, term, or, continuance?
EHCC: which are) Of yogmaort? (marg. of, ter

Hosea 9:1

KJV: Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.upon: or, in, etc
EHCC: Rejoice not, 0 Israel, for cae

Joel 1:16

KJV: Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
EHCC: joy und glacness from the
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