Gilgal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gilgal
Ultimately from Hebrew Gilghal “circle (of stones)”
Example Sentences
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Where was Gilgal, the place of Joshua's camp?
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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
And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, "We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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
To Gilgal accordingly they went, to renew the kingdom.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
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