גִּלְעָד
gil.ad
“Gilead”
Definition
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
probably from H1567 (גַּלְעֵד);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
גִּלְעָד appears 119 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’”And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
This is what the LORD says:“For three transgressions of Damascus, even four,I will not revoke My judgment,because they threshed Gileadwith sledges of iron.
Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
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