Gilgal

American  

[gil-gal] / ˈgɪl gæl /

noun

1. the name of several places in ancient Palestine, especially a site near Jericho where the ancient Israelites encamped after crossing the Jordan River.

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Etymology

Origin of Gilgal

Ultimately from Hebrew Gilghal “circle (of stones)”

Example Sentences

Gilgal was the place of rendezvous, deep down in the Jordan valley; for the higher part of the country was so dominated by the enemy that no muster could take place there.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

Gilgal" than that presented in the following lines: "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)

Then Joshua set forth from Gilgal, and all the men of war with him.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The Philistines were concentrating at Michmash, and might have come down and fallen upon him at Gilgal.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

This may have been Amos’s Gilgal and was almost certainly that of 1 Macc. ix.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various