Word Study · Strong's H1534 · Hebrew
גַּלְגַּל
galgal
gal-gal'
“a wheel”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
Rendered in the KJV as
heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל2
- בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל1
- גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו1
- וְגַלְגַּל֙1
- וְגַלְגַּ֜ל1
- וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו1
- וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל1
- כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל1
- לַגַּלְגַּ֜ל1
- לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל1
How it is rendered · 9
- and wheel[s]2
- to the wheel2
- [was] in the whirlwind1
- and like whirling dust1
- and wheels its1
- like the whirling dust1
- the [water] wheel1
- the wheel1
- wheels its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmsa · 4
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel5 of 11 · 45%
- Psalms2 of 11 · 18%
- Isaiah2 of 11 · 18%
- Ecclesiastes1 of 11 · 9%
- Jeremiah1 of 11 · 9%
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Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 77:18בַּגַּלְגַּ֗לbagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularYour thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.here: [was] in the whirlwind
- Psalms 83:13כַגַּלְגַּ֑לkhagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularMake them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.here: like the whirling dust
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:28וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יוvegalgilavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularTheir arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.here: and wheels its
- Isaiah 17:13וּכְגַלְגַּ֖לukhegalgalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularThe nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.here: and like whirling dust
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 10:2לַגַּלְגַּ֜לlagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.here: to the wheel
- Ezekiel 10:6לַגַּלְגַּ֔לlagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.here: to the wheel
- Ezekiel 10:13הַגַּלְגַּ֖לhagalgalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”here: the wheel
- Ezekiel 23:24וְגַלְגַּל֙vegalgalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThey will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.here: and wheel[s]
- Ezekiel 26:10וְגַלְגַּ֜לvegalgalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularHis multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.here: and wheel[s]
Same headword in Strong's