What does גִּיל (giyl) mean in the Bible?
גִּיל (giyl): Joy rooted in temporal cycles; gladness tied to seasons, festivals, and the turning of God's ordering time
Hebrew · H1524
גִּיל
A revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
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גִּיל H1524
Pronunciation giyl
What does גִּיל (giyl) mean in the Bible?
גִּיל (giyl): Joy rooted in temporal cycles; gladness tied to seasons, festivals, and the turning of God's ordering time
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1524?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and gladness (4), . . . (1), and greatly (1), exultation (1), with joy (1).
Where does גִּיל (giyl) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Job 3:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (3), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and gladness 4× Psalms 45:15, Isaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 48:33, Joel 1:16
. . . 1× Psalms 43:4
and greatly 1× Job 3:22
exultation 1× Hosea 9:1
with joy 1× Psalms 65:12
your age 1× Daniel 1:10
Show sample aligned rows
Job 3:22 גִ֑יל to and greatly Noun - masculine singular Psalms 43:4 גִּ֫ילִ֥י to . . . Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Psalms 45:15 וָגִ֑יל to and gladness Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 65:12 וְ֝גִ֗יל to with joy Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 16:10 וָגִיל֙ to and gladness Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 48:33 וָגִ֛יל to and gladness Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Daniel 1:10 כְּגִֽילְכֶ֔ם to your age Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Hosea 9:1 גִּיל֙ to exultation Noun - masculine singular Joel 1:16 וָגִֽיל׃ to and gladness Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Job 3:22
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 7
Job 1 Psalms 3 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1 Daniel 1 Hosea 1 Joel 1
Source forms
גִ֑יל 1x ḡîl Job 3:22
גִּיל֙ 1x gîl Hosea 9:1
גִּ֫ילִ֥י 1x gî·lî Psalms 43:4
וְ֝גִ֗יל 1x wə·ḡîl Psalms 65:12
וָגִ֑יל 1x wā·ḡîl Psalms 45:15
וָגִיל֙ 1x wā·ḡîl Isaiah 16:10
וָגִ֛יל 1x wā·ḡîl Jeremiah 48:33
וָגִֽיל׃ 1x wā·ḡîl Joel 1:16
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 5x Psalms 45:15, Psalms 65:12, Isaiah 16:10, Jeremiah 48:33
Noun - masculine singular 2x Job 3:22, Hosea 9:1
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Psalms 43:4
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural 1x Daniel 1:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Joy rooted in temporal cycles; gladness tied to seasons, festivals, and the turning of God's ordering time
Source Gloss
a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Joy rooted in temporal cycles; gladness tied to seasons, festivals, and the turning of God's ordering time
a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy BDB: circle Usage: × exceedingly, gladness, × greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.
Grammatical Forms
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Form groups 1 Aligned forms 4
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×
Infinitive absolute Prov 23:24 2×
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain