גַּלְגַּל galgal
Hebrew word for “wheel” · Strong’s H1534 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling; 1a) wheel; 1b) whirl (of dust, chaff); Aramaic equivalent: gal.gal (גַּלְגַּל "wheel" H1535)
How it is translated
Glosses given for galgal in context, with how often each is used:
- wheels 4
- wheel 3
- like whirling dust 2
- whirlwind 1
- water wheel 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 10 (3), Psalms 77 (1), Psalms 83 (1), Ecclesiastes 12 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 17 (1), Jeremiah 47 (1), Ezekiel 23 (1), Ezekiel 26 (1)
Forms
- הגלגל 2
- לגלגל 2
- וגלגל 2
- בגלגל 1
- כגלגל 1
- וגלגליו 1
- וכגלגל 1
- גלגליו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with galgal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 3
- פַּרְסָה parsah “hoof” 2
- סוּפָה suphah “whirlwind” 2
- בַּד bad “linen” 2
- אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 2
- רָעַשׁ raash “to shake” 2
- קוֹל qol “voice” 3
- כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 2
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 2
- סוּס sus “horse” 2
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
Key verses
The verses using galgal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 77:18 — The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 83:13 — O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 — Or 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.
- Isaiah 5:28 — Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
- Isaiah 17:13 — The 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…
- Jeremiah 47:3 — At 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…
- Ezekiel 10:2 — And 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…
- Ezekiel 10:6 — And 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…
- Ezekiel 10:13 — As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
- Ezekiel 23:24 — And 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…
- Ezekiel 26:10 — By 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…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.