Strong's Definition
or gilyown {ghil-yone'}; from 1540; a tablet for writing (as bare); by analogy, a mirror (as a plate)
KJV Usage: glass, roll
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גִּלָּיוֹן (gil.la.von) — tablet. table, tablet, mirror, flat shiny ornament
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · גלה
Scrolls
tablet = small, flat tablet, ◄ probably made of wood or metal, ► on which words were scratched with a stylus
Jewellery
mirror meaning unsure, possibly: = small, flat tablet with a polished or smooth surface; ◄ made out of metal, ► that reflects one's image
1 ISA 3:23 Targum ומחזיתא "and the mirrors" NJPS NJB ESV "mirrors" | LXX "τὰ βύσσινα" RSV NRSV "garments of gauze" NJPS "lace gowns" REB "scarves of gauze" GNT "revealing garments" CEV "royal robes"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גִּלָּיוֹן n.m. table, tablet base
