גַּלְגַּל
gal.galwheelHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine11 occurrences5 books11 verses
Definition
by reduplication from H1556; a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
Traditional renderings: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
Traditional renderings: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גַּלְגַּל:
- τροχόςtrochos“course/wheel”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- Psalm 77:18בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל · in the whirlwindYour thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- Psalm 83:13כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל · like tumbleweedMake them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל · and the wheelRemember 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 5:28וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו · their chariot wheelsTheir 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 17:13וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל · like tumbleweedsThe 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 47:3גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו · of their wheels…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 10:2לַגַּלְגַּ֜ל · the wheelworkAnd 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 10:6לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל · the wheelworkWhen 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 10:13הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל · the whirling wheelsI heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
- Ezekiel 23:24וְגַלְגַּל֙ · and wagonsThey 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 26:10וְגַלְגַּ֜ל · wagonsHis 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.