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Hebrew verb · H1523

גִּיל

gilgheel

to rejoice

45 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gîyl

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1523is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 39
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1523

properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear

The King James renders it: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

gil is rendered "to rejoice". It stands 45 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Nineteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Chronicles 16:31Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-nine different ways.

The first use

Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

1 Chronicles 16:31וְתָגֵ֣ל

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nineteen of the word's forty-five uses are in Psalms.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and be glad4
  • and let it be glad4
  • I will rejoice3
  • be glad2
  • let it be glad2
  • let us be glad2
  • they will be glad2
  • and he may be glad1
  • and I will be glad1
  • and it rejoiced1
  • and may she rejoice1
  • and rejoice1

and 21 more, 45 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

גִּילgilrejoicingUses9
גִּידgidsinewUses7
גִּיחַgiachto burst/come outUses6
גִּילָהgilahrejoicingUses2
גִּילֹנִיGiloniGiloniteUses2
גִּירgirplasterUses1
גִּיחַgiachto striveUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 45, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

39 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • יָגֵ֥ל4
  • וְתָגֵ֣ל2
  • יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ2
  • תָּגִ֣יל2
  • אָ֝גִ֗ילָה1
  • אָגִ֥ילָה1
  • אָגִ֖ילָה1
  • גִּ֣יל1
  • גִּ֤ילוּ1
  • גִּ֣ילִי1
  • גִּילִ֨י1
  • וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ1

and 27 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural6HVqi3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular5HC/Vqj3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqj3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural4HC/Vqv2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural3HVqc1cp
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular3HVqc1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine plural2HVqi3fp
  • verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqj3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqv2fs
  • Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

    1 Chronicles 16:31

    • וְתָגֵ֣לvetagelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and let it be glad

Psalms

nineteen uses
  • Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

    Psalms 2:11

    • וְ֝גִ֗ילוּvegiluconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and rejoice
  • that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

    Psalms 9:14

    • אָ֝גִ֗ילָהʾagilahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will rejoice
  • lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

    Psalms 13:4

    • יָ֝גִ֗ילוּyagiluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will rejoice
  • But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

    Psalms 13:5

    • יָ֤גֵ֥לyagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it rejoice
  • Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

    Psalms 14:7

    • יָגֵ֥לyagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him rejoice
  • Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

    Psalms 16:9

    • וַיָּ֣גֶלvaiyagelHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it rejoiced
  • O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

    Psalms 21:1

    • יָּ֥גֶלyageilverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he exults
  • I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

    Psalms 31:7

    • אָגִ֥ילָהʾagilahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will rejoice
  • Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

    Psalms 32:11

    • וְ֭גִילוּvegiluconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be glad
  • Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.

    Psalms 35:9

    • תָּגִ֣ילtagilverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will rejoice
  • Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

    Psalms 48:11

    • תָּ֭גֵלְנָהtagelenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be glad
  • Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

    Psalms 51:8

    • תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָהtagelenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: let them rejoice
  • Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

    Psalms 53:6

    • יָגֵ֥לyagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be glad
  • They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

    Psalms 89:16

    • יְגִיל֣וּןyegilunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they rejoice
  • Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.

    Psalms 96:11

    • וְתָגֵ֣לvetagelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and let it be glad
  • The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.

    Psalms 97:1

    • תָּגֵ֣לtagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it be glad
  • Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

    Psalms 97:8

    • וַ֭תָּגֵלְנָהvatagelenahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they were glad
  • This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

    Psalms 118:24

    • נָגִ֖ילָהnagilahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us be glad
  • Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

    Psalms 149:2

    • יָגִ֥ילוּyagiluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be glad

Proverbs

five uses
  • from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

    Proverbs 2:14

    • יָ֝גִ֗ילוּyagiluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they exult
  • The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

    Proverbs 23:24

    • גִּ֣ילgoylverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to rejoice
    • יָ֭גִילyagoylverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he rejoices
  • May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

    Proverbs 23:25

    • וְ֝תָגֵ֗לvetagelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and may she rejoice
  • Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

    Proverbs 24:17

    • יָגֵ֥לyagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it rejoice

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

    Song of Solomon 1:4

    • נָגִ֤ילָהnagilahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us rejoice

Isaiah

eleven uses
  • You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

    Isaiah 9:3

    • יָגִ֖ילוּyagiluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people are glad
  • And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

    Isaiah 25:9

    • נָגִ֥ילָהnagilahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us be glad
  • The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

    Isaiah 29:19

    • יָגִֽילוּ׃yagiluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be glad
  • The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

    Isaiah 35:1

    • וְתָגֵ֧לvetagelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and let it be glad
  • It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

    Isaiah 35:2

    • וְתָגֵ֗לvetagelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and let it be glad
  • You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

    Isaiah 41:16

    • תָּגִ֣ילtagilverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be glad
  • Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

    Isaiah 49:13

    • וְגִ֣ילִיvegiliconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and be glad
  • I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

    Isaiah 61:10

    • תָּגֵ֤לtagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it may be glad
  • But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

    Isaiah 65:18

    • וְגִ֙ילוּ֙vegiluconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be glad
  • I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

    Isaiah 65:19

    • וְגַלְתִּ֥יvegaltiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be glad
  • Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

    Isaiah 66:10

    • וְגִ֥ילוּvegiluconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be glad

Hosea

one use
  • The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.

    Hosea 10:5

    • יָגִ֔ילוּyagiluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will tremble

Joel

two uses
  • Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

    Joel 2:21

    • גִּ֣ילִיgiliverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: be glad
  • Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

    Joel 2:23

    • גִּ֤ילוּgiluverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be glad

Habakkuk

two uses
  • The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.

    Habakkuk 1:15

    • וְיָגִֽיל׃veyagilHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may be glad
  • yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

    Habakkuk 3:18

    • אָגִ֖ילָהʾagilahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will rejoice

Zephaniah

one use
  • The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

    Zephaniah 3:17

    • יָגִ֥ילyagilverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be glad

Zechariah

two uses
  • Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

    Zechariah 9:9

    • גִּילִ֨יgiliverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: rejoice
  • Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

    Zechariah 10:7

    • יָגֵ֥לyagelverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it may rejoice

The letters

Where it leads

Studies that open this word1

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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