Gilead
גִּלְעָדStrong’s H1568gilad (gil-ad)
Appears in 123 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gilad is the Hebrew word usually translated “gilead”, “gilead towards” and “from gilead”. It appears in 123 verses of the Old Testament.
“I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.”
Meaning
- Gilead = "rocky region"
- A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.29
- 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
- A city (with prefix 'Jabesh')
- The people of the region
- Son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh
- Father of Jephthah
- A Gadite
- 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
- A city (with prefix 'Jabesh')
- The people of the region
- Son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh
- Father of Jephthah
- A Gadite
How it's translated
- gilead 112
- in gilead 9
- and gilead 5
- of gilead 3
- gilead towards 3
- from gilead 1
- o gilead 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 24
- Joshua 15
- 1 Chronicles 13
- 1 Kings 10
- Numbers 9
- Deuteronomy 8
20 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 31:21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- Genesis 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
- Genesis 31:25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
- Genesis 37:25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
- Numbers 26:29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
- Numbers 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
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Hebrew dictionary
גִּלְעָד gilad · Gilead
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)
גִּלְעָד gilad · Gilead
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.29; son of: Machir (H4353); brother of: daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); father of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A) § Gilead = "rocky region" …
גִּלְעָד gilad · Gilead
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.11.1; father of: Jephthah (H3316H) § Gilead = "rocky region" 1) 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 2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') 3) the people of the region 4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh 5) father of Jephthah 6) a Gadite
גִּלְעָד gilad · Gilead
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.14; son of: Michael (H4317I); father of: Jaroah (H3386) § Gilead = "rocky region" 1) 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 2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') 3) the people of the region 4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh 5) father of Jephthah 6) a Gadite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.