Beth-gilgal
בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּלStrong’s H1537bet haggilgal (bet hag-gil-gal)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bet haggilgal is the Hebrew word usually translated “gilgal”, “gilgal towards” and “at gilgal”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?”
Meaning
- Beth-gilgal = "the house of the wheel"
- § Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling"
- § Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling"
How it's translated
- gilgal 22
- gilgal towards 6
- at gilgal 5
- in gilgal 5
- and gilgal 2
- of gilgal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 13
- 1 Samuel 12
- Hosea 3
- Judges 2
- 2 Samuel 2
- 2 Kings 2
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 4:19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
- Joshua 4:20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
- Joshua 5:9And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
- Joshua 5:10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 9:6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
- Joshua 10:6And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Hebrew dictionary
בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל bet haggilgal · Beth-gilgal
Beth-gilgal = "the house of the wheel" a place in Palestine Another name of gil.gal (גִּלְגָּל "Gilgal" H1537G)
גִּלְגָּל gilgal · Gilgal
§ Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling" dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel
גִּלְגָּל gilgal · Gilgal
§ 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.