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Lexicon :: Strong's H1523 - gîl

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גִּיל
Transliteration
gîl
Pronunciation
gheel
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 346

Strong’s Definitions

גִּיל gîyl, gheel; or (by permutation) גּוּל gûwl; a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear:—be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H1523 in the following manner: rejoice (27x), glad (10x), joyful (4x), joy (2x), delight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H1523 in the following manner: rejoice (27x), glad (10x), joyful (4x), joy (2x), delight (1x).

  1. to rejoice, exult, be glad

    1. (Qal)

      1. to rejoice

      2. to tremble (from fear)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּיל gîyl, gheel; or (by permutation) גּוּל gûwl; a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear:—be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
STRONGS H1523: Abbreviations
† [גִּיל] verb rejoice (NöZMG 1883, 537; compare Arabic جَالَ go round or about, be excited to levity, etc.) —
Qal Perfect גַּלְתִּי Isaiah 65:19; Imperfect יָגִיל, תָּגִיל Psalm 21:2 + 4 times (Psalm 21:2 Kt יגיל, Qr יָ֫גֶל with retracted tone); יָגֵל, תָּגֵל Psalm 13:6 + 11 times, וַיָּגֶל Psalm 16:9, אָגִילָה, נָגִילָה Psalm 9:15 + 5 times, יָגִילוּ Psalm 13:5 + 5 times, יְגִילוּן Psalm 89:17, תָּגֵלְנָה Psalm 48:12 + 2 times; יָגִו֯ל Proverbs 23:24; Imperative גִּילוּ Psalm 2:11 + 4 times, גִּילִי Isaiah 49:13 + 2 times; —
1. rejoice,
a. absolute Psalm 13:5; Psalm 51:10; Zechariah 9:9; || שׂמח Psalm 14:7; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 48:12; Psalm 53:7; Psalm 96:11; Psalm 97:1; Psalm 97:8; Proverbs 23:24, 25; 1 Chronicles 16:31; Habakkuk 1:15; || שׂושׂ, שׂישׂ Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 65:18.
b. with בְּ Psalm 149:2; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 24:17; Isaiah 9:2; בירושׁלם Isaiah 65:19; Isaiah 66:10; בישׁועתך Psalm 9:15; Psalm 13:6; Psalm 21:2; ביהוה Psalm 35:9; Isaiah 41:16; Zechariah 10:7; באלהים Isaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:18; בשׁם י׳ Psalm 89:17; בקדושׁ ישׂראל Isaiah 29:19; גיל ושׂמח ב׳ Psalm 31:8; Psalm 118:24; Songs 1:4; Isaiah 25:9; Joel 2:23; גילי ושׂמחי כ׳ Joel 2:21.
c. with עַל Zephaniah 3:17. Besides persons the subject is לֵב Psalm 13:6; Proverbs 24:17; Zechariah 10:7; נפשׁ Psalm 35:9; Isaiah 61:10, כבוד (= נפשׁ) Psalm 16:9, ארץ 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 96:11; Psalm 97:1; Isaiah 49:13, ערבה Isaiah 35:1, 2.
2. tremble (compare Arabic وَجِلَ) Psalm 2:11 || עבד (Thes Ew Hi Che, but Greek Version of the LXX Hu De Pe AV RV rejoice), Hosea 10:5 || אבל (Thes and most modern, but AV RV that rejoiced over it), possibly error for חיל Ew Gr Che.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

16:31; 16:31

Psalms

2:11; 2:11; 9:15; 9:15; 13:5; 13:5; 13:6; 13:6; 13:6; 14:7; 16:9; 16:9; 16:9; 21:2; 21:2; 21:2; 31:8; 32:11; 35:9; 35:9; 48:12; 48:12; 51:10; 89:17; 89:17; 96:11; 96:11; 97:1; 97:1; 97:8; 118:24; 149:2

Proverbs

2:14; 23:24; 23:24; 23:25; 24:17; 24:17

Song of Songs

1:4

Isaiah

9:2; 25:9; 29:19; 35:1; 35:1; 35:2; 41:16; 49:13; 49:13; 61:10; 61:10; 65:18; 65:19; 65:19; 66:10

Hosea

10:5

Joel

2:21; 2:23

Habakkuk

1:15; 3:18

Zephaniah

3:17

Zechariah

9:9; 10:7; 10:7

H1523

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Strong's Number H1523 matches the Hebrew גִּיל (gîl),
which occurs 46 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31 - Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
Tell all the nations, “The LORD reigns!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:11 - Serve the LORD with reverent fear,
and rejoice with trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:14 - Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates,
so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When the LORD restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 - No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.[fn]
My body rests in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

How the king rejoices in your strength, O LORD!
He shouts with joy because you give him victory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love,
for you have seen my troubles,
and you care about the anguish of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:11 - So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey him!
Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:9 - Then I will rejoice in the LORD.
I will be glad because he rescues me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:11 - Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice.
Let all the towns of Judah be glad
because of your justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Oh, give me back my joy again;
you have broken me—
now let me rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When God restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:16 - They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation.
They exult in your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - The LORD is king!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the farthest coastlands be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:8 - Jerusalem[fn] has heard and rejoiced,
and all the towns of Judah are glad
because of your justice, O LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:24 - This is the day the LORD has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:2 - O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.
O people of Jerusalem,[fn] exult in your King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:14 - They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father of godly children has cause for joy.
What a pleasure to have children who are wise.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:17 - Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall;
don’t be happy when they stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Take me with you; come, let’s run!
The king has brought me into his bedroom.

Young Women of Jerusalem
How happy we are for you, O king.
We praise your love even more than wine.

Young Woman
How right they are to adore you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - You will enlarge the nation of Israel,
and its people will rejoice.
They will rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest
and like warriors dividing the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the LORD, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19 - The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD.
The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days.
The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:2 - Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers
and singing and joy!
The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon,
as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
There the LORD will display his glory,
the splendor of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16 - You will toss them into the air,
and the wind will blow them all away;
a whirlwind will scatter them.
Then you will rejoice in the LORD.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 - Sing for joy, O heavens!
Rejoice, O earth!
Burst into song, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted his people
and will have compassion on them in their suffering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God!
For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation
and draped me in a robe of righteousness.
I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit
or a bride with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation!
And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness.
Her people will be a source of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:19 - I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and delight in my people.
And the sound of weeping and crying
will be heard in it no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Rejoice with Jerusalem!
Be glad with her, all you who love her
and all you who mourn for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for what might happen to their calf idol at Beth-aven.[fn]
The people mourn and the priests wail,
because its glory will be stripped away.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:21 - Don’t be afraid, my people.
Be glad now and rejoice,
for the LORD has done great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem!
Rejoice in the LORD your God!
For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness.
Once more the autumn rains will come,
as well as the rains of spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:15 - Must we be strung up on their hooks
and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:18 - yet I will rejoice in the LORD!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - For the LORD your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.[fn]
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice, O people of Zion![fn]
Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious,[fn]
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - The people of Israel[fn] will become like mighty warriors,
and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
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