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Lexicon :: Strong's H1568 - gilʿāḏ

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גִּלְעָד
Transliteration
gilʿāḏ
Pronunciation
ghil-awd'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from גַּלְעֵד (H1567)
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TWOT Reference: 356

Strong’s Definitions

גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd, ghil-awd'; probably from H1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites:—Gilead, Gileadite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H1568 in the following manner: Gilead (101x), Ramothgilead (with H7433) (18x), Jabeshgilead (with H3003) (12x), Gileadites (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H1568 in the following manner: Gilead (101x), Ramothgilead (with H7433) (18x), Jabeshgilead (with H3003) (12x), Gileadites (2x).
proper locative noun

  1. 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

      proper masculine noun

    4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

    5. father of Jephthah

    6. a Gadite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd, ghil-awd'; probably from H1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites:—Gilead, Gileadite.
STRONGS H1568: Abbreviations
† גִּלְעָד proper name, of a location of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, east of Jordan (compare Arabic جَلْمَدً durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; HiGeschichte. Israel 26 compare same √ used of camel (جَلْمَادً camelus robustus ac firmus, compare HomNS 144), whence camel hump, originally name of mountain) — ג׳ Genesis 37:25 + 79 times (mostly as proper name, masculine and in combination with other proper name, of a location compare below); הַגּ׳ Genesis 31:21 + 50 times (so usually as name of mountain and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה Numbers 32:39; 1 Chronicles 27:21; הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6; — Gilead, used of territory between the Arnon and the Jabbok, modern Belḳa also of that between the Jabbok and the Jarmuk, modern Jebel Ajlûn; also of the entire east Jordan land occupied by Israel, including both the parts just named (compare Di Genesis 31:54 Stu Judges 10:4; BdPal 178; also L. OliphantLand of Gilead, 1880); —
1. territory south of Jabbok,
a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Numbers 32:29 (P), אֶרֶץ ג׳ Numbers 32:1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so חֲצִי הַר הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:12; אֶרֶץ ג׳ also 1 Chronicles 5:9 (of Reuben); 1 Kings 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); compare אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג׳ 1 Samuel 13:7; further,
b. הַגּ׳ alone, Judges 10:17 (or possibly here name of city ?), Judges 11:29 (probably); also 1 Chronicles 5:10 (of Reuben) 1 Chronicles 5:16 (of Gad); compare חֲצִי וְעַד יַבֹּק הַגּ׳ Joshua 12:2 (of Sihon), so Joshua 12:5 (both D);
c. similarly ג׳ alone (without article) in poetry Psalm 60:9 (|| Manasseh) = Psalm 108:9; but also in prose in phrases שָׂרֵי ג׳ Judges 10:18, ישְׁבֵי ג׳ Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8, זִקְנֵי ג׳ Judges 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Judges 12:4 (twice in verse); Judges 12:5; compare also
d. עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Numbers 32:26 (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place Judges 12:7; even כָּל־עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Joshua 13:25 (P; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳ Deuteronomy 4:43 (of Gad); compare רָאמוֺת בַּגּ׳ Joshua 20:8 (P), 1 Chronicles 6:65 (of Gad), and רָמֹת בַּגּ׳ Joshua 21:38 (P); usually רָמֹת ג׳ [H7433 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 22:3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 20, 29; 2 Chronicles 18:2, 3, 5, 11, 14, 19, 28; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1, 4, 14; 2 Chronicles 22:5]; also מִצְמֵּה ג׳ Judges 11:29 (twice in verse); further יַעְזֵיר ג׳ 1 Chronicles 26:31.
2. Northern Gilead,
a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Joshua 17:5, 6 (J E; of Manasseh) compare Judges 10:4; 1 Chronicles 2:22 (both of Jair); הַר הַגּ׳ Genesis 31:21, 23, 25 (E); probably also הַר ג׳ (no article) Songs 4:1 (compare Songs 6:5 below).
b. הַגּ׳ alone Numbers 32:40 (J E; of Machir) Joshua 17:1 (J E; id.) compare Joshua 13:11 (D) Deuteronomy 2:36; 1 Kings 4:13 (of Jair); Deuteronomy 3:15, 16 (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also Songs 6:5 (compare Songs 4:1 above); compare יֶתֶר הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:13; & חֲצִי הַגּ׳ Joshua 13:31 (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6 (probably); compare also
c. ג׳ (no article) probably Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11 (in both reference to צֳרִי balm, probably from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly Jeremiah 22:6; and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1 Chronicles 27:21 also Numbers 32:39 (J E; of Machir).
d. in combination יָבֵשׁ ג׳ (city) Judges 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14; 1 Samuel 11:1, 9 (|| יָבֵשׁ alone) 1 Samuel 31:11 (|| id.) = 1 Chronicles 10:11; 2 Samuel 2:4, 5; 2 Samuel 21:12; perhaps also (מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג׳ 1 Kings 17:1 (emendation, after Greek Version of the LXX, Ew Th and others see VB); — compare further below 6. proper name, masculine below — Judges 7:3 וְיִצְמֹּר מֵהַר הַגּ׳ and let him depart from Mt. Gilead, apparently belongs here, but מֵהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ is read by Cler Hi Gr Ke Be; against this compare Stu BuRS 112.
3. more generally, of all Gilead,
a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Joshua 22:9, 13, 15, 32 (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare 2 Samuel 17:26; so כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ 2 Kings 10:33.
b. אֶרֶץ ג׳ (no article) Zechariah 10:10; compare הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג׳ Jeremiah 50:19 (|| Carmel and Bashan); ג׳ alone, also Genesis 37:25; likewise Micah 7:14 (|| Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).
c. הַגּ׳ alone, of Israel territory in general east of Jordan, Judges 10:8; compare 2 Samuel 2:9; 2 Kings 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); כָּל־הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:10; אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגּ׳ Deuteronomy 34:1; הַגּ׳ also in general sense Ezekiel 47:18; 2 Kings 15:29 (?) Obadiah 19.
4. ג׳, name of a city Hosea 6:8 (& Judges 10:17 ? compare 1. a. above); — on the ruined cities Jil‘âd, Jil'‘ud on the Jebel Jil‘âd, north of Es-salṭ, and south of Jabboḳ see Di Genesis 31:54 & references
5. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) Judges 20:1; הַגּ׳ of people of Gilead Amos 1:3, 13; so ג׳ Judges 5:17 (= גַּד), Judges 12:4, 5 (|| אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Judges 12:4; Judges 12:4; Judges 12:5) Hosea 12:12. compare also גִּלְעָדִי below.
6. treated as proper name, masculine.
a. ג׳, son of Machir & grandson of Manasseh Numbers 26:29 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:3 (all P) 1 Chronicles 2:21, 23; 1 Chronicles 7:14, 17; once הַגּ׳ Joshua 17:1 (JE) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.
b. father of Jephthah Judges 11:1, 2; — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).
c. 1 Chronicles 5:14 (a Gadite).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:21; 31:21; 31:23; 31:25; 31:54; 31:54; 37:25; 37:25

Numbers

26:29; 26:30; 27:1; 32:1; 32:26; 32:29; 32:39; 32:39; 32:40; 36:1

Deuteronomy

2:36; 3:10; 3:12; 3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:43; 34:1

Joshua

12:2; 12:5; 13:11; 13:25; 13:31; 17:1; 17:1; 17:3; 17:5; 17:6; 20:8; 21:38; 22:9; 22:13; 22:15; 22:32

Judges

5:17; 7:3; 10:4; 10:4; 10:8; 10:17; 10:17; 10:18; 10:18; 11:1; 11:2; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 11:29; 11:29; 12:4; 12:4; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 12:5; 12:5; 12:7; 20:1; 21:8; 21:9; 21:10; 21:12; 21:14

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:9; 13:7; 31:11

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:5; 2:9; 17:26; 21:12; 24:6; 24:6

1 Kings

4:13; 4:19; 17:1

2 Kings

10:33; 10:33; 15:29

1 Chronicles

2:21; 2:22; 2:23; 5:9; 5:10; 5:14; 5:16; 6:65; 7:14; 7:17; 10:11; 26:31; 27:21; 27:21

Psalms

60:9; 108:9

Song of Songs

4:1; 4:1; 6:5; 6:5

Jeremiah

8:22; 22:6; 46:11; 50:19

Ezekiel

47:18

Hosea

6:8; 12:12

Amos

1:3; 1:13

Obadiah

1:19

Micah

7:14

Zechariah

10:10

H1568

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Strong's Number H1568 matches the Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʿāḏ),
which occurs 134 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (2Ch 18:3–Zec 10:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 “Will you go H1980 with me against Ramoth-gilead?” H7433 And he said H559 to him, “I am as you are, and my people H5971 as your people, H5971 and we will be with you in the battle.” H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 assembled H6908 the prophets, H5030 four H702 hundred H3967 men, H376 and said H559 to them, “Shall we go H1980 against H413 Ramoth-gilead H7433 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall I refrain?” H2308 And they said, H559 “Go H5927 up, for God H430 will give H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king.” H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - All H3605 the prophets H5030 were prophesying H5012 thus, H3651 saying, H559 “Go H5927 up to Ramoth-gilead H7433 and succeed, H6743 for the LORD H3068 will give H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king.” H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - When he came H935 to the king, H4428 the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Micaiah, H4318 shall we go H1980 to Ramoth-gilead H7433 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall I refrain?” H2308 He said, H559 “Go H5927 up and succeed, H6743 for they will be given H5414 into your hand.” H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - “The LORD H3068 said, H559 ‘Who H4310 will entice H6601 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 to go H5927 up and fall H5307 at Ramoth-gilead?’ H7433 And one H2088 said H559 this H3602 while another H2088 said H559 that.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:28 - So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H5927 up against H413 Ramoth-gilead. H7433

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also H1571 walked H1980 according to their counsel, H6098 and went H1980 with Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 to wage H4421 war H4421 against H5921 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Aram H758 at Ramoth-gilead. H7433 But the [fn]Arameans H761 [fn]wounded H5221 [fn]Joram. H3141

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - “Gilead H1568 is Mine, and Manasseh H4519 is Mine;
Ephraim H669 also is the [fn]helmet H4581 of My head; H7218
Judah H3063 is My [fn]scepter. H2710

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - “Gilead H1568 is Mine, Manasseh H4519 is Mine;
Ephraim H669 also is the [fn]helmet H4581 of My head; H7218
Judah H3063 is My [fn]scepter. H2710

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - “[fn][fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are, my darling, H7474
[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are!
Your eyes H5869 are like doves H3123 behind H4480 H1157 your veil; H6777
Your hair H8181 is like a flock H5739 of goats H5795
That have descended H1570 from Mount H2022 Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 - “Turn H5437 your eyes H5869 away H5437 from me,
For they have confused H7292 me;
Your hair H8181 is like a flock H5739 of goats H5795
That have descended H1570 from Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:22 - Is there H369 no H369 balm H6875 in Gilead? H1568
Is there H369 no H369 physician H7495 there? H8033
Why H4069 then H3588 has not the [fn]health H724 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 [fn]been restored? H5927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah: H3063
“You are like Gilead H1568 to Me,
Like the summit H7218 of Lebanon; H3844
Yet most H518 H3808 assuredly H518 H3808 I will make H7896 you like a wilderness, H4057
Like cities H5892 which are not inhabited. H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - Go H5927 up to Gilead H1568 and obtain H3947 balm, H6875
O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Egypt! H4714
In vain H7723 have you multiplied H7235 [fn]remedies; H7499
There H369 is no H369 healing H8585 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - ‘And I will bring H7725 Israel H3478 back H7725 to his pasture H5116 and he will graze H7462 on Carmel H3760 and Bashan, H1316 and his [fn]desire H5315 will be satisfied H7646 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 and Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - “The east H6921 side, H6285 from between H996 Hauran, H2362 Damascus, H1834 Gilead H1568 and the land H776 of Israel, H3478 shall be the Jordan; H3383 from the north border H1366 to the eastern H6931 sea H3220 you shall measure. H4058 This is the east H6921 side. H6285

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:8 - Gilead H1568 is a city H7151 of wrongdoers, H205
Tracked H6121 with bloody H1818 footprints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - Is there iniquity H205 in Gilead? H1568
Surely H389 they are worthless. H7723
In Gilgal H1537 they sacrifice H2076 bulls, H7794
Yes, H1571 their altars H4196 are like the stone H1530 heaps H1530
Beside H5921 the furrows H8525 of the field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Damascus H1834 and for four H702
I will not [fn]revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they threshed H1758 Gilead H1568 with implements of sharp H2742 iron. H1270

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and for four H702
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they ripped H1234 open H1234 the pregnant H2030 women H2030 of Gilead H1568
In order H4616 to enlarge H7337 their borders. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:19 - Then those of the [fn]Negev H5045 will possess H3423 the mountain H2022 of Esau, H6215
And those of the [fn]Shephelah H8219 the Philistine H6430 plain;
Also, possess H3423 the territory H7704 of Ephraim H669 and the territory H7704 of Samaria, H8111
And Benjamin H1144 will possess Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - Shepherd H7462 Your people H5971 with Your scepter, H7626
The flock H6629 of Your [fn]possession H5159
Which dwells H7931 by itself H910 in the woodland, H3293
In the midst H8432 of [fn]a fruitful H3759 field. H3759
Let them feed H7462 in Bashan H1316 and Gilead H1568
As in the days H3117 of old. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:10 - “I will bring H7725 them back H7725 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714
And gather H6908 them from Assyria; H804
And I will bring H935 them into the land H776 of Gilead H1568 and Lebanon H3844
[fn]Until no H3808 room can be found H4672 for them.

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