Word Study · Strong's H1543 · Hebrew
גֻּלָּה
gullah
gool-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gullâh
“a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round)
Rendered in the KJV as
bowl, pommel, spring.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- גֻּלֹּ֣ת6
- גֻּלּ֣וֹת2
- גֻּלֹּ֥ת2
- גֻּלַּ֣ת1
- הַגֻּלָּ֔ה1
- וְגֻלָּ֣הּ1
- וְגֻלֹּ֧ת1
- וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹת1
How it is rendered · 8
- [the] bowls of4
- springs4
- springs of2
- [the] bowl of1
- and [the] bowls of1
- and a bowl1
- and the bowls1
- the bowl1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)8
- noun · feminine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpc · 8
- HNcfpa · 2
- HC/Ncfpc · 1
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua3 of 15 · 20%
- Judges3 of 15 · 20%
- 1 Kings3 of 15 · 20%
- 2 Chronicles3 of 15 · 20%
- Zechariah2 of 15 · 13%
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Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 15:19גֻּלֹּ֣תgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.here: springs of
- Joshua 15:19גֻּלֹּ֣תgulotnoun · feminine plural“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.here: springs
- Joshua 15:19גֻּלֹּ֥תgulotnoun · feminine plural“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.here: springs
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 1:15גֻּלֹּ֣תgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.here: springs of
- Judges 1:15גֻּלֹּ֣תgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.here: springs
- Judges 1:15גֻּלֹּ֥תgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.here: springs
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:41וְגֻלֹּ֧תvegulotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;here: and [the] bowls of
- 1 Kings 7:41גֻּלֹּ֣תgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;here: [the] bowls of
- 1 Kings 7:42גֻּלֹּ֣תgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);here: [the] bowls of
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 4:12וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹתvehaggulotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralthe two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;here: and the bowls
- 2 Chronicles 4:12גֻּלּ֣וֹתgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;here: [the] bowls of
- 2 Chronicles 4:13גֻּלּ֣וֹתgulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);here: [the] bowls of
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 4:2וְגֻלָּ֣הּvegulahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.here: and a bowl
- Zechariah 4:3הַגֻּלָּ֔הhagulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThere are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”here: the bowl