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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.
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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 - Also, established is the world, It is not moved! The heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among nations: Jehovah hath reigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:11 - Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:14 - So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - Lest mine enemy say, 'I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:5 - And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - 'Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 - Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:11 - Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:9 - And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:11 - Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:8 - Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:16 - In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - Jehovah hath reigned, The earth is joyful, many isles rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:8 - Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:24 - This is the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:2 - Israel doth rejoice in his Maker, Sons of Zion do joy in their king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:14 - Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:17 - In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - And one hath said in that day, 'Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19 - And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:2 - Flourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, with joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They -- they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16 - Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou -- thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 - Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 - But joy ye, and rejoice for ever, that I am Creator, For, lo, I am creating Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:19 - And I have rejoiced in Jerusalem, And have joyed in My people, And not heard in her any more Is the voice of weeping, and the voice of crying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad in her, all ye loving her, Rejoice ye with her for joy, All ye are mourning for her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - For the calves of Beth-Aven fear do inhabitants of Samaria, Surely mourned on account of it hath its people, And its priests on account of it leap about, Because of its honour, for it hath removed from it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:21 - Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:15 - Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:18 - Yet I, in Jehovah I exult, I do joy in the God of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.
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