HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1019
בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל
bet hag.gil.gal — Beth-gilgal
Beth-gilgal = "the house of the wheel" a place in Palestine Another name of gil.gal (גִּלְגָּל "Gilgal" H1537G)
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Beth-gilgal
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
House of Gilgal, a place from which the inhabitants gathered for the purpose of celebrating the rebuilding of the walls on the return exile (Neh. 12:29). (See GILGAL.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.