Limitless Word
גִּילgîyl/gheel/
HebrewH152344 occurrences (KJV)

properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear

KJV renders it: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.

Where it appears

  • 1 Chr 16:31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”
  • Ps 2:11Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
  • Ps 9:14that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
  • Ps 13:4Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
  • Ps 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
  • Ps 14:7Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
  • Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
  • Ps 21:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
  • Ps 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
  • Ps 32:11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
  • Ps 35:9My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
  • Ps 48:11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
  • Ps 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
  • Ps 53:6Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
  • Ps 89:16In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
  • Ps 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
  • Ps 97:1Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
  • Ps 97:8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Yahweh.
  • Ps 118:24This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
  • Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
  • Prov 2:14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;
  • Prov 23:24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
  • Prov 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
  • Prov 24:17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
  • Song 1:4Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.
  • Isa 9:3You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.
  • Isa 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
  • Isa 29:19The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
  • Isa 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
  • Isa 41:16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 49:13Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break out into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
  • Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  • Isa 65:18But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.
  • Isa 65:19I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.
  • Isa 66:10“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
  • Hos 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
  • Joel 2:21Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
  • Joel 2:23“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
  • Hab 1:15He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
  • Hab 3:18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
  • Zeph 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
  • Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • Zech 10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.