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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 3 (Jdg 11:29–2Ch 18:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, H1568 and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, H1568 and from Mizpeh of Gilead H1568 he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, H1568 and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead H1568 smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites H1568 are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - And the Gileadites H1568 took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead H1568 said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 - And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:1 - Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, H1568 unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - 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 H1568 to the assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:9 - For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead H1568 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead H1568 with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead H1568 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: H1568 and yet so they sufficed them not.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: H1568 and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, H1568 To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:7 - And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. H1568 As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:11 - And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead H1568 heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead H1568 were they that buried Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, H1568 and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And made him king over Gilead, H1568 and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:26 - So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, H1568 which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:6 - Then they came to Gilead, H1568 and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; H1568 to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; H1568 to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19 - Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, H1568 in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, H1568 said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead H1568 is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? H1568 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead H1568 to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, H1568 and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead H1568 to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? H1568 And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:29 - So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:28 - And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; H1568 and the Syrians wounded Joram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: H1568
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:4 - So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:14 - So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, H1568 he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, H1568 the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead H1568 and Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 - In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, H1568 and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:21 - And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, H1568 whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:10 - And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:14 - These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, H1568 the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16 - And they dwelt in Gilead H1568 in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:80 - And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead H1568 with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 - The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:17 - And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, H1568 the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:11 - And when all Jabeshgilead H1568 heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:21 - Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, H1568 Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. H1568

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