STRONGS NUMBER H1523


Word Summary
gil: to rejoice
Original Word: גִּיל
Transliteration: gil
Phonetic Spelling: (gheel)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rejoice
Meaning: to spin round, rejoice, fear
Strong's Concordance
be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice

Or (by permutation) guwl {gool}; a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. Usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear -- be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1523. gil

[גִּיל‎] verb rejoice (NöZMG 1883, 537; compare Arabic go round or about, be excited to levity, etc.) —

Qal Perfect גַּלְתִּיIsaiah 65:19; Imperfect תָּגִיל יָגִיל,Psalm 21:2 4t. (21:2 Kt יגיל‎, Qr יָ֫גֶל‎ with retracted tone); תָּגֵל יָגֵל,13:6 11t., וַיָּגֶל16:9, נָגִילָה אָגִילָה,9:15 5t., יָגִילוּ13:5 5t., יְגִילוּן89:17, תָּגֵלְנָה48:12 2t.; יָגִו֯לProverbs 23:24; Imperative גִּילוּPsalm 2:11 4t., גִּילִיIsaiah 49:13 2t.; —

1 rejoice,

a. absolute Psalm 13:5; 51:10; Zechariah 9:9; "" שׂמחPsalm 14:7; 16:9; 32:11; 48:12; Psalm 53:7; 96:11; 97:1; 97:8; Proverbs 23:24-25, 1 Chronicles 16:31; Habakkuk 1:15; "" שׂישׂ שׂושׂ,Isaiah 35:1; 65:18.

b. with בְּPsalm 149:2; Proverbs 2:14; 24:17; Isaiah 9:2; בירושׁלם65:19; 66:10; בישׁועתךPsalm 9:15; 13:6; 21:2; ביהוה35:9; Isaiah 41:16; Zechariah 10:7; באלהיםIsaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:18; י ׳בשׁםPsalm 89:17; ישׂראל בקדושׁIsaiah 29:19; ב ושׂמח ׳גילPsalm 31:8; 118:24; Song of Solomon 1:4; Isaiah 25:9; Joel 2:23; כ ושׂמחי ׳גילי2:21.

c. with עַלZephaniah 3:17. Besides persons the subject is לֵבPsalm 13:6; Proverbs 24:17; Zechariah 10:7; נפשׁPsalm 35:9; Isaiah 61:10, כבוד‎ ( = נפשׁ‎) Psalm 16:9, ארץ1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 96:11; 97:1; Isaiah 49:13, ערבה35:1-2,.

2 tremble (compare Arabic ) Psalm 2:11 "" עבד‎ (Thes Ew Hi Che, but ᵐ5‎ Hu De Pe AV RV rejoice), Hosea 10:5 "" אבל‎ (Thes and most modern, but AV RV that rejoiced over it), possibly error for חיל‎ Ew Gr Che.