GILGAL

Meaning of GILGAL in English

/gil"gal/ , n.

the name of several places in ancient Palestine, esp. a site near Jericho where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Jordan. Josh. 4:19-24.

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GILGAL — (a wheel; rolling). â The site of the first camp of the Israelites on the west of the Jordan, the …
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GILGAL — wheel; rolling; heap
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GALGAL — /gal"gal/ , n. Douay Bible. Gilgal.
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SHILOH — (place of rest), a city of Ephraim. In (Judges 21:19) it is said that Shiloh is "on the north side …
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SAUL — (desired), more accurately Shaul. â One of the early kings of Edom, and successor of Samlah. (Genesis 36:37,38; 1 Chronicles …
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SAMUEL — was the son of Elkanah and Hannah, and was born at Ramathaim-zophim, among the hills of Ephraim. See: Ramah No. …
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PROPHET — The ordinary Hebrew word for prophet is nabi, derived from a verb signifying "to bubble forth" like a fountain; hence …
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NAIOTH — (habitations), or more fully, "Naioth in Ramah," a place of Mount Ephraim, the birthplace of Samuel and Saul, and in …
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MIZPAH — and Miz'peh (a watch-tower), the name of several places in Palestine. â The earliest of all, in order of the …
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JOSHUA — (saviour, or whose help is Jehovah). His name appears in the various forms of HosheaHOshea, Oshea, Jehoshua, Jeshua and Jesus. …
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GELILOTH — (circuit), a place named among the marks of the south boundary line of the tribe of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:17) The …
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ELISHA — (God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as prophet …
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ELIJAH — (my God is Jehovah) has been well entitled "the grandest and the most romantic character that Israel ever produced." "Elijah …
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BOCHIM — (the weepers) a place on the west of Jordan, above Gilgal; so named from the weeping of Israel. (Judges 2:1,6)
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BETHGILGAL — Same as Gilgal. (Nehemiah 12:29)
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BAAL — geographical. This word occurs as the prefix or suffix to the names of several places in Palestine, some of which …
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ANGELS — By the word "angels" (i.e. "messengers" of God) we ordinarily understand a race of spiritual beings of a nature exalted …
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ADUMMIM — (the going up to), a rising ground or pass over against Gilgal," and "on the south side of the 'torrent'" …
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