HebrewH1568Noun

גִּלְעָד

gil.ad

119Occurrences
H1568Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

probably from H1567 (גַּלְעֵד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Gilead = "rocky region" a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead Also named: gil.a.di (*גִּלְעָדִי *"Gileadite" H1569)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

גִּלְעָד appears 119 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
24
Joshua
15
1 Chronicles
12
1 Kings
10
Numbers
9
2 Chronicles
8
Deuteronomy
8
2 Kings
6

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:11BSB

When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Samuel 11:9BSB

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.

Amos 1:3BSB

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.

Judges 11:7BSB

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?”

Joshua 13:11BSB

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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