גִּלְעָדִי

gil.a.diNounH1569

Gileadite

From: patronymically from H1568 (גִּלְעָד);

Short Definition

a Giladite or descendant of Gilad

Full Lexicon Entry

Someone from Gilead Group of gil.ad (*גִּלְעָד *"Gilead" H1568) § Gileadite = "rocky region" 1) an inhabitant of Gilead - 2) a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended of Gilead

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--LG

DescriptionN:N--LG

Occurrences

10 times

Appears 10 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Judges
4
1 Kings
1
2 Kings
1
2 Samuel
1
Ezra
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 2:7
  • 2 Samuel 17:27
  • Judges 10:3
  • Judges 11:40
  • Nehemiah 7:63

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.