Definition
from H1523; a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
Traditional renderings: × exceedingly, gladness, × greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.
Traditional renderings: × exceedingly, gladness, × greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גִּיל:
- ἀγαλλίασιςagalliasis“joy”40%
- εὐφραίνωeuphrainō“to celebrate”20%
- εὐφροσύνηeuphrosunē“joy”20%
- χαράchara“joy”20%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Job 3:22גִ֑יל · and greatly…who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
- Psalm 43:4גִּ֫ילִ֥יThen I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
- Psalm 45:15וָגִ֑יל · and gladnessThey are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.
- Psalm 65:12וְ֝גִ֗יל · with joyThe pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
- Isaiah 16:10וָגִיל֙ · and gladnessJoy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
- Jeremiah 48:33וָגִ֛יל · and gladnessJoy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
- Daniel 1:10כְּגִֽילְכֶ֔ם · your age…but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
- Hosea 9:1גִּיל֙ · exultationDo not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
- Joel 1:16וָגִֽיל׃ · and gladnessHas not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?