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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1537

גִּלְגָּל

Gilgalghil-gawl'

Gilgal

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

Concordance spelling: Gilgâl

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1537is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1537

Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine

The King James renders it: Gilgal. See also H1019 (בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל).

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

Gilgal is rendered "Gilgal". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 11:30Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

Deuteronomy 11:30הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל

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

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's forty-one uses are in 1 Samuel.

The other 30 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

  • the Gilgal21
  • the Gilgal towards6
  • at the Gilgal5
  • in the Gilgal5
  • and the Gilgal2
  • Gilgal1
  • of Gilgal1

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.

גִּלּוּלgillulidolUses48
גִּלְעָדִיGiladiGileaditeUses11
גִּלָּיוֹןgillayontabletUses2
גִּלְגָּלgilgalwheelUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

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

The words it stands beside

All 41, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 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

  • הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל4
  • הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל4
  • הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃4
  • בַּגִּלְגָּ֔ל3
  • הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל3
  • הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל3
  • בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃2
  • בַגִּלְגָּ֔ל1
  • בַּגִּלְגָּ֑ל1
  • בַּגִּלְגָּל֙1
  • בַּגִּלְגָּ֖ל1
  • בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ ס1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)21HTd/Npl
  • preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)10HRd/Npl
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)6HTd/Npl/Sd
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Td/Npl
  • proper noun (a name)1HNpl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

    Deuteronomy 11:30

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֔לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal

Joshua

thirteen uses
  • On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

    Joshua 4:19

    • בַּגִּלְגָּ֔לbagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Gilgal
  • And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

    Joshua 4:20

    • בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃bagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Gilgal
  • Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

    Joshua 5:9

    • גִּלְגָּ֔לgilgalproper noun (a name)tagged: Gilgal
  • On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

    Joshua 5:10

    • בַּגִּלְגָּ֑לbagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Gilgal
  • They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”

    Joshua 9:6

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֑לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

    Joshua 10:6

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֣לָהhagilgalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gilgal towards
  • So Joshua and his whole army, including all the mighty men of valor, came from Gilgal.

    Joshua 10:7

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֗לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

    Joshua 10:9

    • הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃hagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

    Joshua 10:15

    • הַגִּלְגָּֽלָה׃hagilgalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gilgal towards
  • Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

    Joshua 10:43

    • הַגִּלְגָּֽלָה׃ פhagilgalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gilgal towards
  • the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

    Joshua 12:23

    • לְגִלְגָּ֖לlegilgalpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Gilgal
  • Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

    Joshua 14:6

    • בַּגִּלְגָּ֔לbagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Gilgal
  • Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

    Joshua 15:7

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֗לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal

Judges

two uses
  • Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

    Judges 2:1

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֖לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

    Judges 3:19

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֔לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal

1 Samuel

fourteen uses
  • Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

    1 Samuel 7:16

    • וְהַגִּלְגָּ֖לvehagilgalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Gilgal
  • And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

    1 Samuel 10:8

    • הַגִּלְגָּל֒hagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

    1 Samuel 11:14

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֑לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

    1 Samuel 11:15

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֗לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
    • בַּגִּלְגָּ֔לbagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gilgal
  • And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

    1 Samuel 13:4

    • הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃hagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

    1 Samuel 13:7

    • בַגִּלְגָּ֔לvagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Gilgal
  • And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

    1 Samuel 13:8

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֑לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

    1 Samuel 13:12

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֔לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

    1 Samuel 13:15

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֖לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
    • הַגִּלְגָּלhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

    1 Samuel 15:12

    • הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃hagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

    1 Samuel 15:21

    • בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃bagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gilgal
  • But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

    1 Samuel 15:33

    • בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ סbagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gilgal

2 Samuel

two uses
  • So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.

    2 Samuel 19:15

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֗לָהhagilgalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gilgal towards
  • Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.

    2 Samuel 19:40

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָהhagilgalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gilgal towards

2 Kings

two uses
  • Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

    2 Kings 2:1

    • הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃hagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

    2 Kings 4:38

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֙לָה֙hagilgalahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gilgal towards

Hosea

three uses
  • Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

    Hosea 4:15

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֗לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

    Hosea 9:15

    • בַּגִּלְגָּל֙bagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gilgal
  • Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

    Hosea 12:11

    • בַּגִּלְגָּ֖לbagilgalpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gilgal

Amos

three uses
  • “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

    Amos 4:4

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֖לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal
  • Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

    Amos 5:5

    • וְהַגִּלְגָּל֙vehagilgalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Gilgal
    • הַגִּלְגָּל֙hagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal

Micah

one use
  • My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

    Micah 6:5

    • הַגִּלְגָּ֔לhagilgalthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gilgal

The letters

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 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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