Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1534
גַּלְגַּל
galgalgal-gal'
wheel
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1534is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1534
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
The King James renders it: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
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
galgal is rendered "wheel". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
Psalms 77:18בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eleven uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and wheel2
- the wheel2
- to the wheel2
- and like whirling dust1
- and wheels its1
- in the whirlwind1
- like the whirling dust1
- wheels its1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גַּל | gal | heap | Uses34 |
| גַּלְמוּד | galmud | solitary | Uses4 |
| גַּלָּב | gallab | barber | Uses1 |
| גַּלְגַּל | galgal | wheel | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 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
- הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל2
- בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל1
- גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו1
- וְגַלְגַּל֙1
- וְגַלְגַּ֜ל1
- וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו1
- וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל1
- כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל1
- לַגַּלְגַּ֜ל1
- לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל1
The grammar of each form
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
Psalms
two uses
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- בַּגַּלְגַּ֗לbagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the whirlwind
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
- כַגַּלְגַּ֑לkhagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the whirling dust
Ecclesiastes
one use
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
- הַגַּלְגַּ֖לhagalgalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wheel
Isaiah
two uses
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יוvegalgilavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wheels its
The 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.
- וּכְגַלְגַּ֖לukhegalgalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and like whirling dust
Jeremiah
one use
at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
- גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יוgalgilavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wheels its
Ezekiel
five uses
And 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.
- לַגַּלְגַּ֜לlagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the wheel
When 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.
- לַגַּלְגַּ֔לlagalgalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the wheel
I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
- הַגַּלְגַּ֖לhagalgalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wheel
They 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.
- וְגַלְגַּל֙vegalgalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and wheel
His 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.
- וְגַלְגַּ֜לvegalgalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and wheel
Where it leads
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 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.