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It is used metaphorically to describe the motion and force of a whirlwind or chariot wheels. The term conveys a sense of movement, circularity, and sometimes chaos or divine intervention.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, wheels were a significant technological advancement, essential for transportation and warfare. Chariots, often equipped with wheels, were symbols of power and speed. The imagery of a whirlwind or wheel in biblical texts often signifies God's dynamic presence and action, reflecting His sovereignty and the unstoppable nature of His will.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/1556.htm">galal</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a wheel, whirl, whirlwind<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>wagons (2), wheel (1), wheels (2), whirling dust (2), whirling wheels (3), whirlwind (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">גַּלְגַּל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Ecclesiastes 12:6</sup> <font size="+1"><b>wheel, whirl, whirlwind</b></font> (on formation compare Ba<sup>NB 204</sup>) — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ג</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-2.htm">Ezekiel 10:2</a> 7t.; <font class="hebrew2">גַּלְגַּ֑ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14</a>; plural with suffix <font class="hebrew2">גַּלְגִּלָּיו</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-28.htm">Isaiah 5:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Jeremiah 47:3</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>wheel</em>, <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>a.</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>of war-chariot</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-28.htm">Isaiah 5:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Jeremiah 47:3</a>, also collective <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-24.htm">Ezekiel 23:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26-10.htm">Ezekiel 26:10</a>; perhaps also in Ezekiel's vision <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-2.htm">Ezekiel 10:2</a>,6,13 (compare <em>wheelwork</em>) but compare below <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>b.</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>for drawing water</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:6</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2. a.</b></font> <em>whirl</em> (of dust or chaff) <a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a>, simile of foes put to flight by God. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>b.</b></font> perhaps <em>whirling</em> of wheels <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-2.htm">Ezekiel 10:2</a>,6,13 Sm RV, but compare above <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>c.</b></font> <em>whirlwind</em> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/77-19.htm">Psalm 77:19</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>heaven, rolling thing, wheel <p>By reduplication from <a href="/hebrew/1556.htm">galal</a>; a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled) -- heaven, rolling thing, wheel. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1556.htm">galal</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל בגלגל גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו גלגליו הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל הגלגל וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו וְגַלְגַּ֜ל וְגַלְגַּל֙ וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל וגלגל וגלגליו וכגלגל כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל כגלגל לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל לַגַּלְגַּ֜ל לגלגל bag·gal·gal baggalgal chaggalGal gal·gil·lāw galgilLav galgillāw hag·gal·gal haggalgal ḵag·gal·gal ḵaggalgal lag·gal·gal laggalgal ū·ḵə·ḡal·gal uchegalGal ūḵəḡalgal vegalGal vegalgilLav wə·ḡal·gal wə·ḡal·gil·lāw wəḡalgal wəḡalgillāw<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/psalms/77-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 77:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/77.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ <b> בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל </b> הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/77.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Your thunder <span class="itali">was in the whirlwind;</span> The lightnings<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/77.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of thy thunder <span class="itali">[was] in the heaven:</span> the lightnings<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/77-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the sound of your thunder <span class="itali">the whirlwind</span> lit the lightnings<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/83-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 83:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/83.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י שִׁיתֵ֥מוֹ <b> כַגַּלְגַּ֑ל </b> כְּ֝קַ֗שׁ לִפְנֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/83.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> make <span class="itali">them like the whirling dust,</span> Like chaff<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/83.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> make <span class="itali">them like a wheel;</span> as the stubble<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> my God make <span class="itali">the whirling</span> chaff before<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 12:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמַּבּ֔וּעַ וְנָרֹ֥ץ <b> הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל </b> אֶל־ הַבּֽוֹר׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is shattered <span class="itali">and the wheel</span> at the cistern<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at the fountain, <span class="itali">or the wheel</span> broken<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the well is crushed <span class="itali">and the wheel</span> at the cistern<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 5:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּצַּ֣ר נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּ <b> וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו </b> כַּסּוּפָֽה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> like flint <span class="itali">and its [chariot] wheels</span> like a whirlwind.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> like flint, <span class="itali">and their wheels</span> like a whirlwind:<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> flint seem <span class="itali">and its wheels</span> A whirlwind<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/17-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 17:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לִפְנֵי־ ר֔וּחַ <b> וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל </b> לִפְנֵ֥י סוּפָֽה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the wind, <span class="itali">Or like whirling dust</span> before<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the wind, <span class="itali">and like a rolling thing</span> before<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/17-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> before the wind <span class="itali">whirling</span> before A gale<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/47-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 47:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/47.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְרִכְבּ֔וֹ הֲמ֖וֹן <b> גַּלְגִּלָּ֑יו </b> לֹֽא־ הִפְנ֤וּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/47.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [and] the rumbling <span class="itali">of his wheels,</span> The fathers<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/47.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [and at] the rumbling <span class="itali">of his wheels,</span> the fathers<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/47-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of his chariots the rumbling <span class="itali">of his wheels</span> have not turned<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/10-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 10:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ בֵּינ֨וֹת <b> לַגַּלְגַּ֜ל </b> אֶל־ תַּ֣חַת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> between <span class="itali">the whirling wheels</span> under<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> between <span class="itali">the wheels,</span> [even] under the cherub,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> about between <span class="itali">the whirling</span> about under<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/10-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 10:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵשׁ֙ מִבֵּינ֣וֹת <b> לַגַּלְגַּ֔ל </b> מִבֵּינ֖וֹת לַכְּרוּבִ֑ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from between <span class="itali">the whirling wheels,</span> from between<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fire <span class="itali">from between the wheels,</span> from between the cherubims;<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fire between <span class="itali">the whirling</span> between the cherubim<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/10-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 10:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָהֶ֛ם קוֹרָ֥א <b> הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל </b> בְּאָזְנָֽי׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in my hearing, <span class="itali">the whirling wheels.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto them in my hearing, <span class="itali">O wheel.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the wheels were called <span class="itali">the whirling</span> my hearing<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/23-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 23:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הֹ֠צֶן רֶ֤כֶב <b> וְגַלְגַּל֙ </b> וּבִקְהַ֣ל עַמִּ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> chariots <span class="itali">and wagons,</span> and with a company<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wagons, <span class="itali">and wheels,</span> and with an assembly<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> weapons chariots <span class="itali">and wagons</span> A company of peoples<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/26-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 26:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִקּוֹל֩ פָּרַ֨שׁ <b> וְגַלְגַּ֜ל </b> וָרֶ֗כֶב תִּרְעַ֙שְׁנָה֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of cavalry <span class="itali">and wagons</span> and chariots<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the horsemen, <span class="itali">and of the wheels,</span> and of the chariots,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the noise of cavalry <span class="itali">and wagons</span> and chariots will shake<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1534.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1534.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1534<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/baggalgal_1534.htm">bag·gal·gal — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chaggalgal_1534.htm">ḵag·gal·gal — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/galgillav_1534.htm">gal·gil·lāw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/haggalgal_1534.htm">hag·gal·gal — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/laggalgal_1534.htm">lag·gal·gal — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uchegalgal_1534.htm">ū·ḵə·ḡal·gal — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vegalgal_1534.htm">wə·ḡal·gal — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vegalgillav_1534.htm">wə·ḡal·gil·lāw — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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