(Jabesh)-gilead
גִּלְעָדStrong’s H3003gilad (gil-ad)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gilad is the Hebrew word usually translated “jabesh”, “jabesh towards” and “from jabesh”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.”
Meaning
- A city (with prefix 'Jabesh')
- A town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa
- Father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom
- § Jabesh = "dry"
How it's translated
- jabesh 19
- jabesh towards 2
- from jabesh 1
- at jabesh 1
- in jabesh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 8
- Judges 5
- 2 Samuel 3
- 2 Kings 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 21:9For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
- Judges 21:10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
- Judges 21:12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
- Judges 21:14And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
- 1 Samuel 11:1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
- 1 Samuel 11:3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Hebrew dictionary
גִּלְעָד gilad · (Jabesh)-gilead
Gilead = "rocky region" 2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') Combined with ya.vesh (יָבֵשׁ "Jabesh" H3003)
יָבֵשׁ yavesh · Jabesh
A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.10; father of: Shallum (H7967) § Jabesh = "dry" 1) a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes' 2) father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom
יָבֵשׁ yavesh · Jabesh (Gilead)
§ Jabesh = "dry" a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
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.