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Wheel

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H212

אוֹפָן

o.phan — wheel

1) wheel 1a) chariot wheel 1b) wheel in Ezekiel's vision 1c) wheels of the ten bases beneath the lavers in Solomon's temple

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1534

גַּלְגַּל

gal.gal — wheel

1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling 1a) wheel 1b) whirl (of dust, chaff) Aramaic equivalent: gal.gal (גַּלְגַּל "wheel" H1535)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H70

אֹבֶן

o.ven — wheel

1) wheel, disc 1a) potter's wheel 1b) bearing-stool, midwife's stool

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1537

גִּלְגָּל

gil.gal — Gilgal

§ Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling" the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship

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GREEK · G391

ἀναστροφή

anastrophē — behaviour

ἀνα-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀναστρέφομαι) [in LXX: Tob.4:14, 2Ma.5:8 2Mac 6:23 * ;] 1. a turning down or back, a wheeling about (Soph., Thuc., al.). 2. In late writers (Polyb., al.; see: ἀναστρέφω, and cf. Hort on Jas.3:13; MM, VGT, see word), manner of life, behaviour, conduct: Gal.1:13, Eph.4:22, 1Ti.4:12, Heb.13:7, Jas.3:13, 1Pe.1:15 1:18 2:12 3:1-2 3:16, 2Pe.2:7 3:11.† (AS)

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GREEK · G1078

γένεσις

genesis — origin

γένεσις, -εως, ἡ (γίγνομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹלֵדֹת ;] 1. origin, lineage: βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Gen.2:4a 5:1), Mat.1:1. 2. birth: Mat.1:18, Luk.1:14 (Rec. γέννησις); πρόσωπον τῆς γ., face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Jas.1:23; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ., the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Jas.3:6. † (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1354

גַּב

gav — back/rim/brow

1) convex surface, back 1a) back (of man) 1b) mound (for illicit worship) 1c) boss (convex projection of shield) 1d) bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments-fig.) 1e) brow, eyebrow 1f) rim (of wheel) Aramaic equivalent: gav (גַּב "back" H1355)

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GREEK · G6033

ἔνθεν

enthen — hence

1. adverb: 2. Demonstr., 3. of Place, Lat. inde, thence, (Homer); ἔνθεν μὲν . ., ἑτέρωθι δέ .., on the one side and the other, (Odyssey by Homer); ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν on this side and on that , Lat. hinc illinc, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—; with genitive, ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν τῶν τροχῶν on both sides of the wheels, (Xenophon Historicus) 4. of Time, thereupon, thereafter , (Iliad by Homer) 5. of occasion, thence, from that point , (Odyssey by Homer) 6. Relat., for ὅθεν, 7. of Place, Lat. unde, whence, from which, (Odyssey by Homer) 8. of occasion, whence , like Lat. unde, (Aeschulus Tragicus) Hence (ML)

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GREEK · G5163

τροχιά

trochia — track

τροχιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (τροχός), [in LXX: Pro.2:15 4:11, 26-27 5:6, 21 (מַעְגָּל), Eze.27:19 A* ;] the track of a wheel, hence, a track, path: figuratively, Heb.12:13 (LXX) † (AS)

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GREEK · G5164

τροχός

trochos — course/wheel

τροχός, -οῦ, τό (τρέχω), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹפָן ;] a wheel: Jas.3:6 (see Mayor, Hort, in l).† (AS)

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GREEK · G20618

κύκλος

kuklos — sphere, globe

1. a ring, circle, round , (Homer); ἀσπίδος κύκλος the round shield, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. Adverbial usages, κύκλῳ in a circle or ring, round about , (Odyssey by Homer), attic; with genitive, κ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου (Xenophon Historicus), etc. 3. any circular body : 4. a wheel , (Iliad by Homer) 5. a place of assembly , the ἀγορά, (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;then, like Lat. corona, a ring or circle of people , (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. the vault of the sky, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 7. the orb or disk of the sun and moon, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 9. a round shield , see. above 1. 10. in plural the eye-balls, eyes , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;rarely in singular, the eye , (Sophocles Tragicus) 11. any circular motion, an orbit of the heavenly bodies, revolution of the seasons, cycle of events, (Herdotus Historicus) 12. a circular dance , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G7182

ἑλικτός

heliktos — kneaded

1. curved, twisted, wreathed , (Homeric Hymns); ἑλ. κύτος a wheeled ark, (Euripides); σῦριγξ περὶ χεῖλος ἑλικτά moving quickly , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) 2. metaphorically tortuous , (Euripides) (ML)

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GREEK · G7310

ἐξελίσσω

exelissō — to expand

1. to unroll , (Euripides):metaphorically to unfold , Lat. explicare, (Euripides) 2. of any rapid motion, ἴχνος ἐξ. ποδός to evolve the mazy dance, (Euripides):—;hence intransitive to wheel about , (Plutarch) 3. as military term, = ἀναπτύσσειν, Lat. explicare, to extend the front by bringing up the rear men, to deploy , (Xenophon Historicus) 4. to draw off , (Plutarch) (ML)

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GREEK · G7362

ἐπαναστρέφω

epanastrephō — to return

intransitive to turn back upon one, wheel round and return to the charge , (Aristophanes Comicus):—; so in Pass., (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G7792

καμπύλος

kampulos — curved

bent, crooked, curved , of a bow, (Iliad by Homer); of wheels, (Iliad by Homer); of chariots, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)

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GREEK · G8294

μεταβολή

metabolē — revolt

1. a change, changing , (Pindar) 2. exchange, barter, traffic , (Thucydides) 3. (from Mid.) a transition, change , and in plural changes, vicissitudes , (Herdotus Historicus):—;with genitive change from a thing, μ. κακῶν (Euripides); rarely change to . . , μ. ἀπραγμοσύνης (Thucydides); but this is generally expressed by a preposition, ἅμα τῇ μ. ἐς Ἕλληνας their going over to the Greeks, (Herdotus Historicus); ἡ ἐναντία μ. change to the contrary, (Thucydides) 4. μ. τῆς ἡμέρης an eclipse , (Herdotus Historicus) 5. μ. πολιτείας change of government, a revolution , (Thucydides) 6. as military term, a wheeling about , (Polybius Historicus); metaphorically of a speaker, (Aeschines Orator) (ML)

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GREEK · G8762

περιστρέφω

peristrephō — to move around

1. to whirl round , of one preparing to throw, (Homer); π. ἵππον to wheel it round , (Plutarch):—; Pass. to be turned round, spin round , (Iliad by Homer); π. εἰς τἀληθῆ to come round to it, (Plato Philosophus) 2. π. τὼ χεῖρε to tie his hands behind him, (Lysias Orator). (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(Heb. galgal; rendered “wheel” in Ps. 83:13, and “a rolling thing” in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, “whirling dust”). This word has been supposed to mean the wild artichoke, which assumes the form of a globe, and in autumn breaks away from its roots, and is rolled about by the wind in some places in great numbers.

Scripture references

Psalms 83:13Isaiah 17:13

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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