Lexical Definition

‎גִּלּוּל‎ gillûwl (ghil-lool') idol ^H:N-M
or (shortened) גִּלֻּל gillul (ghil-lool'); from ‎גָּלַל‎

idol.

• properly, a log (as round)
• by implication, an idol

1) idols

See Greek: βδέλυγμα · διανόημα · διάνοια · εἴδωλον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גִּלּוּל‎] noun masculine^{Jer 50:27} only plural idols (= logs, blocks, shapeless things Ges Baud^{Rel i. 95}; Ew doll-images > dungy things Sm Ezek 6:4 SS after Rabb) **See Baud^{ZMG, 1904, 395 ff.} (compares Biblical Aramaic ‎גְּלָל‎ (‎אֶבֶן‎), Palmyrene ‎גללא‎^{Tariff i. 9} = στήλη λιθινη; and concludes that it was originally a designation of the primitive stone menhir or ‎מַצֵּבָה‎). — ‎גִּלּוּלִים‎ Ezek 22:8 + 3 t. + Ezek 30:13 (strike out B Co); ‎גִּלֻּלִים‎ 1Kgs 15:12 + 2 t.; construct ‎גִּלּוּלֵי‎ Ezek 8:10 + 6 t.; ‎גִּלּוּלַיִךְ‎ Ezek 22:4 ‎גִּלּוּלָיו‎ 2Kgs 21:11 + 4 t.; ‎גִּלּוּלֶיהָ‎ Jer 50:2 ‎יֵ֯כֶם‎ Lev 26:30 + 7 t.; ‎יֵ֯כֶן‎ Ezek 23:49 ‎יֵ֯הֶם‎ Ezek 6:9 + 14 t. + Ezek 6:5 (del BA al Co); ‎יֵ֯הֶן‎ Ezek 23:37 — idols (39 t. Ezekiel); — 1Kgs 15:12; 2Kgs 17:12; 2Kgs 21:21; Ezek 6:5 (del Co) vEzek 6:9; Ezek 6:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:5; Ezek 18:6; Ezek 18:15; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:24; Ezek 20:39; Ezek 23:37; Ezek 23:39; Ezek 23:49; Ezek 33:25; Ezek 44:10; Ezek 44:12 || ‎שִׁקּוּצִים‎ Deut 29:16*; 2Kgs 23:24 (|| also ‎תְּרָפִים‎), Ezek 20:7; Ezek 20:18 (both with verb ‎טמא‎) vEzek 20:8; Ezek 37:23, compare also Ezek 8:10 (‎שֶׁקֶץ‎, but ‎שִׁקּוּצִים‎ apparently ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 & so Co); || ‎תּוֺעֵבָה‎ Ezek 14:6; 2Kgs 21:11, compare Ezek 18:12; Ezek 16:36 (‎גִּלּוּלֵי‎ ‎תוֺעֲבוֺתַיִךְ‎), & 1Kgs 21:26 (where verb ‎תָּעַב‎); || ‎טֻמְאוֺת‎ Ezek 36:25 || ‎מִכְשׁוֺל עֲוֺנוֺ‎ Ezek 14:3; Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7 || ‎עֲצַבִּים‎ Jer 50:2 || ‎אֱלִילִים‎ Ezek 30:13 (Co ‎אילים‎; compare also above); || ‎חַמָּן‎ Ezek 6:4; Ezek 6:6; Lev 26:30 (compare below); || ‎תְּרָפִים‎ 2Kgs 23:24 (above); in phrase ‎׳‎‎טִמֵּא בְּגִלּ‎ etc. Ezek 20:7; Ezek 20:18; Ezek 20:31; Ezek 22:3; Ezek 22:4; Ezek 23:7; Ezek 23:30; Ezek 36:18 (del Co); ‎׳‎‎תְּחַלְּלוּ בְגִלּ‎ Ezek 20:39 — note especially the expression ‎וְנָתַתִּי פִּגְרֵיכֶם עַלפִּֿגְרֵי‎ ‎גִלּוּלֵיכֶם‎ Lev 26:30 and I will lay your carcases upon the carcases of your idols.

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