ΓΑΛΓΑΛΑ, γαλγαλα
GALGALA, galgala
Sounds Like: gal-GAL-ah
Translations: Gilgal
From the root: ΓΑΛΓΑΛΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Gilgal refers to a significant place in ancient Israel, mentioned multiple times in the Old Testament. It was a site of religious and historical importance, often associated with the early history of the Israelites after crossing the Jordan River. It served as a camp, a place for worship, and a location for important events like the renewal of the covenant and the anointing of kings.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1054 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 9:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 5:9, 9:12, 10:6, 22:10
- 1 Samuel — 7:16, 11:14, 11:15, 13:8, 13:12, 15:12
- 2 Samuel — 19:15, 19:40
- 2 Kings — 4:38
- 1 Maccabees — 9:2
- Hosea — 4:15
- Amos — 4:4, 5:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΛΓΑΛΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.