Wheel
Human-made Things in the Bible
The wheel was a ring or round disk with a rod (the axle) running through its center or hub. Wheels were made of wood and sometimes partly of metal. They could be a solid piece of wood (see the illustrations at Cart, wagon) or a central hub connected by several spokes to an outer rim. The axle normally extended from one side of the vehicle to the other side, with a wheel attached to each end of the axle.
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In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
Wheel
אוֹפַן ’ofan · 21 verses
גַּלְגַּל galgal · 6 verses
גִּלְגָּל gilgal · 1 verse
τροχός trochos · 1 verse
Axle
יָד yad · 2 verses
סֶרֶן seren · 1 verse
ἄξων axōn · 1 verse
Wheel hub
חִשּׁוּר chishur · 1 verse
Wheel spoke
חִשּׁוּק chishuq · 1 verse
Wheel rim
גַּב gav · 2 verses
Also in Transportation
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema