Lexical Definition
גִּיל gîyl (gheel) rejoicing H:N-M
from גִּיל
[idiom] exceedingly, gladness, [idiom] greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.
- a revolution (of time, i.e. an age)
- also joy
1) a rejoicing
2) a circle, age
See Greek: ἀγαλλίασις · εὐφροσύνη · ἡλικία · χαρά
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| כְּגִֽילְכֶ֔ם | about age your | Dan.1.10 |
Extended Information
- a circle, young age
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. גִּיל noun [masculine] rejoicing — Job 3:22 + 6 t., גִּו֯ל Prov 23:24 suffix גִּילִי Ps 43:4 — rejoicing Ps 65:13*; Prov 23:24 || שׂמחה Ps 45:16*; Isa 16:10; Jer 48:33; Joel 1:16, שִׂמְחַת גִילִי Ps 43:4, שׂמח אל גיל glad unto rejoicing Hos 9:1; Job 3:22.
II. [גִּיל] noun [masculine] circle, age, מן הילדים אשׁר כְּ גִלְכֶם of the youths which are of your age Dan 1:10 (compare Arabic 
Samaritan גיל = Hebrew דור = γενεά, Talmud בן גילו one born at the same time, a contemporary).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Job | 3:22 |
| Psalms | 43:4 · 45:16* · 65:13* |
| Proverbs | 23:24 |
| Isaiah | 16:10 |
| Jeremiah | 48:33 |
| Daniel | 1:10 |
| Hosea | 9:1 |
| Joel | 1:16 |