Gîyl — H1523

Definition

verb

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

1. to rejoice, exult, be glad
1. (Qal)
1. to rejoice
2. to tremble (from fear)

Usually translated as

rejoice, be glad, be joyful, joy

Origin

or (by permutation) gûwl; a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• agalliáō (G21)
• empíplēmi (G1705)
• epaírō (G1869)
• chaírō (G5463)

Occurrences

Gîyl occurs 45 times in 44 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (19), Proverbs (4), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (11), Hosea (1), Joel (2), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)

• 1 Chronicles 16:31 — Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice (וְתָגֵ֣ל): and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
• Psalms 2:11 — Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice (וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ) with trembling.
• Psalms 9:14 — That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice (אָ֝גִ֗ילָה) in thy salvation.
• Psalms 13:4 — Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice (יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ) when I am moved.
• Psalms 13:5 — But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice (יָ֤גֵ֥ל) in thy salvation.
• Psalms 14:7 — Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice (יָגֵ֥ל), and Israel shall be glad.
• Psalms 16:9 — Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth (וַיָּ֣גֶל): my flesh also shall rest in hope.
• Psalms 21:1 — The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice (יָּ֥גֶל)!
• Psalms 31:7 — I will be glad (אָגִ֥ילָה) and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
• Psalms 32:11 — Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice (וְ֭גִילוּ), ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
• Psalms 35:9 — And my soul shall be joyful (תָּגִ֣יל) in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
• Psalms 48:11 — Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad (תָּ֭גֵלְנָה), because of thy judgments.
• Psalms 51:8 — Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice (תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה).
• Psalms 53:6 — Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice (יָגֵ֥ל), and Israel shall be glad.
• Psalms 89:16 — In thy name shall they rejoice (יְגִיל֣וּן) all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
• Psalms 96:11 — Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad (וְתָגֵ֣ל); let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
• Psalms 97:1 — The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice (תָּגֵ֣ל); let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
• Psalms 97:8 — Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced (וַ֭תָּגֵלְנָה) because of thy judgments, O LORD.
• Psalms 118:24 — This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice (נָגִ֖ילָה) and be glad in it.
• Psalms 149:2 — Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful (יָגִ֥ילוּ) in their King.
• Proverbs 2:14 — Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in (יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ) the frowardness of the wicked;
• Proverbs 23:24 — The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice (יָ֭גִיל): and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
• Proverbs 23:24 — The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice (גִּ֣יל): and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
• Proverbs 23:25 — Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice (וְ֝תָגֵ֗ל).
• Proverbs 24:17 — Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad (יָגֵ֥ל) when he stumbleth:
• Song of Songs 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad (נָגִ֤ילָה) and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
• Isaiah 9:3 — Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice (יָגִ֖ילוּ) when they divide the spoil.
• Isaiah 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad (נָגִ֥ילָה) and rejoice in his salvation.
• Isaiah 29:19 — The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice (יָגִֽילוּ) in the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 35:1 — The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice (וְתָגֵ֧ל), and blossom as the rose.
• Isaiah 35:2 — It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice (וְתָגֵ֗ל) even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
• Isaiah 41:16 — Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice (תָּגִ֣יל) in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 49:13 — Sing, O heavens; and be joyful (וְגִ֣ילִי), O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
• Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful (תָּגֵ֤ל) in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Isaiah 65:18 — But be ye glad and rejoice (וְגִ֙ילוּ֙) for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
• Isaiah 65:19 — And I will rejoice (וְגַלְתִּ֥י) in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
• Isaiah 66:10 — Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad (וְגִ֥ילוּ) with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
• Hosea 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced (יָגִ֔ילוּ) on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
• Joel 2:21 — Fear not, O land; be glad (גִּ֣ילִי) and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
• Joel 2:23 — Be glad (גִּ֤ילוּ) then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
• Habakkuk 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad (וְיָגִֽיל).
• Habakkuk 3:18 — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy (אָגִ֖ילָה) in the God of my salvation.
• Zephaniah 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy (יָגִ֥יל) over thee with singing.
• Zechariah 9:9 — Rejoice (גִּילִ֨י) greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Zechariah 10:7 — And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice (יָגֵ֥ל) in the LORD.