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גִּלּוּל gillul
Hebrew word for “idol” · Strong’s H1544 · used 48 times in 45 verses
Meaning
idols
How it is translated
Glosses given for gillul in context, with how often each is used:
- idols 48
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 20 (7), Ezekiel 6 (5), Ezekiel 14 (5), Ezekiel 23 (5), Ezekiel 18 (3), 2 Kings 21 (2), Ezekiel 22 (2), Ezekiel 36 (2), Ezekiel 44 (2), Leviticus 26 (1)
Forms
- גלוליהם 9
- גלוליכם 7
- גלולי 6
- הגללים 5
- גלוליו 4
- בגלוליהם 3
- ובגלוליהם 2
- גלולים 2
- גלליהם 1
- בגלוליו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gillul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- טָמֵא tame “to defile” 11
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 10
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 10
- שִׁקּוּץ shiqquts “abomination” 5
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 9
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 6
- כֹּה koh “thus” 8
- מִכְשׁוֹל mikhshol “stumbling” 4
- אַחַר achar “after” 8
- יַעַן yaan “because” 5
- תּוֹעֵבַה toevah “abomination” 5
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 8
Key verses
The verses using gillul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 26:30 — And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in…
- Ezekiel 6:9 — And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which…
- Ezekiel 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by…
- Ezekiel 14:7 — For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart,…
- Ezekiel 18:6 — And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither…
- Ezekiel 20:7 — Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Ezekiel 20:8 — But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the…
- Ezekiel 20:39 — As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye…
- Ezekiel 23:37 — That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they…
- Ezekiel 36:25 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- Ezekiel 37:23 — Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them…
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