Strong's Hebrew · H1537
H1537 Gilgâl
גִּלְגָּל
ghil-gawl'
Gilgal
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Gilgâl appears 40 times in Scripture, including Deuteronomy 11:30 and Joshua 4:19. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine
In the King James Version
Gilgal. See also H1019 (בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל).
Derivation
the same as H1536 (גִּלְגָּל) (with the article as a properly, noun);
Appears 40 times in Scripture
“And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.”
“Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.”
“My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’””
“Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.”
“Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?”
“On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.”
“On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.”
“Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.””
“Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.”
“They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
