H1534 - גַּלְגַּל (galgal)

H1534 גַּלְגַּל (galgal) gal-gal'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wheel

Strong's Definition

a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)

Derivation: by reduplication from H1556 (גָּלַל);

KJV Usage: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.

TWOT Reference: 353i

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling

1a) wheel

1b) whirl (of dust, chaff)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5164

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling 1a) wheel 1b) whirl (of dust, chaff) Aramaic equivalent: gal.gal (גַּלְגַּל "wheel" H1535)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גַּלְגַּל galgal BDB Definition: 1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling 1a) wheel 1b) whirl (of dust, chaff) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: by reduplication from H1556 Same Word by TWOT Number: 353i Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (11)

77:18 83:13

12:6

5:28 17:13

47:3

10:2 10:6 10:13 23:24 26:10

Ecclesiastes 12:6

[Remember 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 5:28

Their 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 17:13

The 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 47:3

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 10:2

And [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 10:6

When 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 10:13

I heard the wheels being called the whirling wheels.

Ezekiel 23:24

They 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.