גִּילgîyl

Meanings

Same root

• גִּילgîyl · H1523properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
• אֲבִיגַיִלʼĂbîygayil · H26Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses
• גִּילָהgîylâh · H1525joy

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

• Job 3:22 They’re filled with joy when they finally die, and rejoice when they find the grave.
• Psalms 43:4 There I will go to the altar of God, to God—the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God!
• Psalms 45:15 What a joyful and enthusiastic procession as they enter the king’s palace!
• Psalms 65:12 The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy.
• Isaiah 16:10 Gone now is the gladness, gone the joy of harvest. There will be no singing in the vineyards, no more happy shouts, no treading of grapes in the winepresses. I have ended all their harvest joys.
• Jeremiah 48:33 Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab. The presses yield no wine. No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy. There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.