Galgal גַּלְגַּל

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Galgal
גַּלְגַּל
Transliterationgalgal
Strong's numberH1534
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosswheel
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (5)

Galgal (Hebrew גַּלְגַּל, Strong's H1534) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “wheel”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling
1a) wheel
1b) whirl (of dust, chaff)
Aramaic equivalent: gal.gal (גַּלְגַּל "wheel" H1535)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwheels (6), wheel (3), heaven (1), thing (1)
BSBwheelwork (2), wagons (2), whirlwind (1), like tumbleweed (1), wheel (1), their chariot wheels (1), like tumbleweeds (1), their wheels (1), whirling wheels (1)

Verses

Every verse with Galgal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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