Galgal גַּלְגַּל
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| גַּלְגַּל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | galgal |
| Strong's number | H1534 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | wheel |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (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)
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
| KJV | wheels (6), wheel (3), heaven (1), thing (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | wheelwork (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
- Psalm 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- Psalm 83:13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 12:6Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.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,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 5:28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: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.
- Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.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.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 47:3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;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.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 10:2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.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.
- Ezekiel 10:6And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.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.
- Ezekiel 10:13As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
- Ezekiel 23:24And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.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.
- Ezekiel 26:10By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.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.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).