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Proverbs 23:24

“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גִּילgîyl · gheel
H1524 · Hebrew

Definition: a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
Derivation: from H1523 (גִּיל);
KJV renderings: [idiom] exceedingly, gladness, [idiom] greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort.
Grammar: גול — verb Qal, infinitive absolute
Code HVqa
Usage: Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 3:22 Psalms 43:4 Psalms 45:16 Psalms 65:13 Isaiah 16:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 23 Verse 25

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.