גָּלִילgâlîyl

turning, folding, (= revolving) (1 Kings 6:34)

Pronunciation: gaw-leel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1550

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 6:34 There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself.
  • Esther 1:6 The courtyard was beautifully decorated with white cotton curtains and blue hangings, which were fastened with white linen cords and purple ribbons to silver rings embedded in marble pillars. Gold and silver couches stood on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
  • Song of Solomon 5:14 His arms are like rounded bars of gold, set with beryl. His body is like bright ivory, glowing with lapis lazuli.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).