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H1523 · גִּיל

gîyl · gheel · rejoice, glad

H1523 (gîyl, pronounced gheel) is the Hebrew word גִּיל in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear. It appears 45 times in 44 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
גִּיל (Hebrew)
Transliteration
gîyl
Pronunciation
gheel
Derivation
or (by permutation) גּוּל; a primitive root;
Definition
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
Rendered in the KJV
be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

45 occurrences in 44 verses (43 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

By book

1 Chronicles 1 · Psalms 19 · Proverbs 4 · Song of Solomon 1 · Isaiah 11 · Hosea 1 · Joel 2 · Habakkuk 2 · Zephaniah 1 · Zechariah 2

First 30 of 44 verses

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