King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1523
Transliteration: gil
Phonetic Spelling: (gheel)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rejoice
Meaning: to spin round, rejoice, fear
Word Summary
gil: to rejoice
Original Word: גִּילTransliteration: gil
Phonetic Spelling: (gheel)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rejoice
Meaning: to spin round, rejoice, fear
Strong's Concordance
be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice Or (by permutation) guwl {gool}; a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. Usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear -- be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1523. gil
[גִּיל] verb rejoice (NöZMG 1883, 537; compare Arabic go round or about, be excited to levity, etc.) —
Qal Perfect גַּלְתִּי Isaiah 65:19; Imperfect תָּגִיל יָגִיל, Psalm 21:2 4t. (21:2 Kt יגיל, Qr יָ֫גֶל with retracted tone); תָּגֵל יָגֵל, 13:6 11t., וַיָּגֶל 16:9, נָגִילָה אָגִילָה, 9:15 5t., יָגִילוּ 13:5 5t., יְגִילוּן 89:17, תָּגֵלְנָה 48:12 2t.; יָגִו֯ל Proverbs 23:24; Imperative גִּילוּ Psalm 2:11 4t., גִּילִי Isaiah 49:13 2t.; —
1 rejoice,
a. absolute Psalm 13:5; 51:10; Zechariah 9:9; "" שׂמח Psalm 14:7; 16:9; 32:11; 48:12; Psalm 53:7; 96:11; 97:1; 97:8; Proverbs 23:24-25, 1 Chronicles 16:31; Habakkuk 1:15; "" שׂישׂ שׂושׂ, Isaiah 35:1; 65:18.
b. with בְּ Psalm 149:2; Proverbs 2:14; 24:17; Isaiah 9:2; בירושׁלם 65:19; 66:10; בישׁועתך Psalm 9:15; 13:6; 21:2; ביהוה 35:9; Isaiah 41:16; Zechariah 10:7; באלהים Isaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:18; י ׳בשׁם Psalm 89:17; ישׂראל בקדושׁ Isaiah 29:19; ב ושׂמח ׳גיל Psalm 31:8; 118:24; Song of Solomon 1:4; Isaiah 25:9; Joel 2:23; כ ושׂמחי ׳גילי 2:21.
c. with עַל Zephaniah 3:17. Besides persons the subject is לֵב Psalm 13:6; Proverbs 24:17; Zechariah 10:7; נפשׁ Psalm 35:9; Isaiah 61:10, כבוד ( = נפשׁ) Psalm 16:9, ארץ 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 96:11; 97:1; Isaiah 49:13, ערבה 35:1-2,.
2 tremble (compare Arabic ) Psalm 2:11 "" עבד (Thes Ew Hi Che, but ᵐ5 Hu De Pe AV RV rejoice), Hosea 10:5 "" אבל (Thes and most modern, but AV RV that rejoiced over it), possibly error for חיל Ew Gr Che.