Definition

a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy

Etymology

from H1523 (גִּיל);

Where the KJV renders it

• exceedingly
• gladness
• greatly
• joy
• rejoice(-ing)
• sort

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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