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title: גִּלּוּלִים — idols · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּלּוּלִים (1544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 48 times: idols. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּלּוּלִים

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«גִּלּוּלִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **idols** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 48 times · **Key:** 1544 · **BDB:** גִּלּוּל

### Glosses

idols (38); the.idols (7); your.idols (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

idols [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 50:27 only pl. idols (= logs, blocks, shapeless things Ges BaudRel. i. 95; Ew doll-images \> dungy things Sm Ez 6:4 SS after Rabb.) Vid. BaudZMG, 1904, 395 ff. (cps. Biblical Aramaic גְּלָל (אֶבֶן), Palm. גללאTariff i. 9 = στήλη λιθίνη; and concludes that it was orig. a designation of the primitive stone menhir or מַצֵּבָה) גִּלּוּלִים Ez 22:3 + 3 times + Ez 30:13 (del B Co); גִּלֻּלִים 1 K 15:12 + 2 times; cstr. גִּלּוּלֵי Ez 8:10 + 6 times; גִּלּוּלַיִךְ Ez 22:4; גִּלּוּלָיו 2 K 21:11 + 4 times; גִּלּוּלֶיהָ Je 50:2; ֵיכֶםLv 26:30 + 7 times; ֵיכֶןEz 23:49; ֵיהֶםEz 6:9 + 14 times + Ez 6:5 (del Biblical Aramaic al Co); ֵיהֶןEz 23:37;—idols (39 times Ez);—1 K 15:12 2 K 17:12; 21:21 Ez 6:5 (del Co) v 9 6:13(×2); 14:4, 5; 18:6, 15; 20:16, 24, 39; 23:37, 39, 49; 33:25; 44:10, 12; ‖ שִׁקּוּצִים Dt 29:16 2 K 23:24 (‖ also תְּרָפִים), Ez 20:7, 18 (both c. vb. טמא) v 8 37:23, cf. also 8:10 (שֶׁקֶץ, but שִׁקּוּצִים appar. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 \& so Co); ‖ תּוֹעֵבָה Ez 14:6 2 K 21:11, cf. Ez 18:12; 16:36 (גִּלּוּלֵי תוֹעֲבוֹתַיִךְ), \& 1 K 21:26 (where vb. תָּעַב); ‖ טֻמְאוֹת Ez 36:25; ‖ מִכְשׁוֹל עֲוֹנוֹ Ez 14:3, 4, 7; ‖ עֲצַבִּים Je 50:2; ‖ אֱלִילִים Ez 30:13 (Co אילים; cf. also supr.); ‖ חַמָּן Ez 6:4, 6 Lv 26:30 (cf. infr.); ‖ תְּרָפִים 2 K 23:24 (supr.); in phr. טִמֵּא בְּגִלּ׳ etc. Ez 20:7, 18, 31; 22:3, 4; 23:7, 30; 36:18 (del. Co); תְּחַלְּלוּ בְגִלּ׳ Ez 20:39;—note especially the expression וְנָתַתִּי פִּגְרֵיכֶם עַל־פִּגְרֵי גִלּוּלֵיכֶם Lv 26:30 and I will lay your carcases upon the carcases of your idols.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּלּוּלִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.30/)

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עָשֹׂ֥ה אֵ֖לֶּה לָ֑ךְ בִּזְנוֹתֵךְ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י גוֹיִ֔ם עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־נִטְמֵ֖את בְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* they.have.done these.\[things\] to you because you acted.as.a.prostitute after nations on that you.made.yourself.unclean by idols their

*JPS 1917:* These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast gone astray after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

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[2 Kings 17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.12/)

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וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לָהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.served the idols which he.had.said Yahweh to them not you.must.do (et) the thing (the) this

*JPS 1917:* and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them: 'Ye shall not do this thing';

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