Quick Definition
Gilgal
Biblical Persons & Places
Gilgal
Gilgal_2
A location first mentioned at 2Ki.2.1;
only referred to as Gilgal (גִּלְגָּל).
Gilgal
Gilgal_1
A location first mentioned at Deu.11.30;
referred to as Gilgal (גִּלְגָּל), or Geliloth (גְּלִילוֹת), or Beth-gilgal (KJV= "house of Gilgal," NIV= Beth Gilgal) (בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל), or Gibeath/-haaraloth (KJV= "hill of the foreskins," NIV= Gibeath Haaraloth) (גִּבְעָה עׇרְלָה).
Strong's Definition
Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine
Derivation: the same as H1536 (גִּלְגָּל) (with the article as a properly, noun);
KJV Usage: Gilgal. See also H1019 (בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל).
Outline of Biblical Usage
Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling"
1) the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship
2) dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel
3) a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling"
the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גִּלְגָּל
gilgâl
BDB Definition:
Gilgal = a wheel, rolling
1) the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship
2) dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles
3) a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H1536
Total KJV Occurrences: 41