Gileadite
גִּלְעָדִיStrong’s H1569giladi (gil-a-di)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Giladi is the Hebrew word usually translated “gileadite” and “gileadites”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.”
Meaning
- An inhabitant of Gilead -
- A branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended of Gilead
How it's translated
- the gileadite 10
- gileadites 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 4
- 2 Samuel 2
- Numbers 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Ezra 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 10:3And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
- Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
- Judges 11:40That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- Judges 12:7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 17:27And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
- 2 Samuel 19:31And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
Hebrew dictionary
גִּלְעָדִי giladi · Gileadite
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
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.