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Lexicon :: Strong's H1568 - gilʿāḏ

Strong's

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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)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 356

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

proper locative noun

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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; Hi^{Geschichte. Israel 26} compare same √ used of camel (جَلْمَادً camelus robustus ac firmus, compare Hom^{NS 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; Bd^{Pal 178}; also L. Oliphant^{Land 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 Bu^{RS 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

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Strong's Number H1568 matches the Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʿāḏ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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1Ki 4:13 - The son^H1127 of Geber,^H1127 in Ramothgilead;^H7433^H1568 to him pertained the towns^H2333 of Jair^H2971 the son^H1121 of Manasseh,^H4519 which^H834 are in Gilead;^H1568 to him also pertained the region^H2256 of Argob,^H709 which^H834 is in Bashan,^H1316 threescore^H8346 great^H1419 cities^H5892 with walls^H2346 and^H1280^➔ brasen^H5178 bars:^➔^H1280

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1Ki 4:19 - Geber^H1398 the son^H1121 of Uri^H221 was in the country^H776 of Gilead,^H1568 in the country^H776 of Sihon^H5511 king^H4428 of the Amorites,^H567 and of Og^H5747 king^H4428 of Bashan;^H1316 and^H5333^➔ he was the^➔^H5333^➔ only^H259 officer^➔^H5333 which^H834 was in the land.^H776

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1Ki 17:1 - And^H559^➔ Elijah^H452 the Tishbite,^H8664 who was of the inhabitants^H8453 of Gilead,^H1568 said^➔^H559 unto^H413 Ahab,^H256 As the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 liveth,^H2416 before^H6440 whom^H834 I stand,^H5975 there shall^H1961^➔ not^H518 be^➔^H1961 dew^H2919 nor rain^H4306 these^H428 years,^H8141 but^H3588^H518 according to^H6310 my word.^H1697

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1Ki 22:3 - And^H559^➔ the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 said^➔^H559 unto^H413 his servants,^H5650 Know ye^H3045 that^H3588 Ramoth^H7433 in Gilead^H1568 is ours, and we^H587 be still,^H2814 and take^H3947^➔ it^H853 not^➔^H3947 out of the hand^H3027 of the king^H4428 of Syria?^H758

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1Ki 22:4 - And he said^H559 unto^H413 Jehoshaphat,^H3092 Wilt thou go^H3212 with me^H854 to battle^H4421 to Ramothgilead?^H7433^H1568 And^H559^➔ Jehoshaphat^H3092 said^➔^H559 to^H413 the king^H4428 of Israel,^H3478 I^H3644 am as thou^H3644 art, my people^H5971 as thy people,^H5971 my horses^H5483 as thy horses.^H5483

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1Ki 22:6 - Then^H6908^➔ the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 gathered^➔^H6908^➔ the prophets^H5030 together,^➔^H6908 about four^H702 hundred^H3967 men,^H376 and said^H559 unto them,^H413 Shall I go^H3212 against^H5921 Ramothgilead^H7433^H1568 to battle,^H4421 or^H518 shall I forbear?^H2308 And they said,^H559 Go up;^H5927 for^H5414^➔ the Lord^H136 shall deliver^➔^H5414 it into the hand^H3027 of the king.^H4428

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1Ki 22:12 - And all^H3605 the prophets^H5030 prophesied^H5012 so,^H3651 saying,^H559 Go up^H5927 to Ramothgilead,^H7433^H1568 and prosper:^H6743 for^H5414^➔ the LORD^H3068 shall deliver^➔^H5414 it into^H3027^➔ the king's^H4428 hand.^➔^H3027

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1Ki 22:15 - So he came^H935 to^H413 the king.^H4428 And^H559^➔ the king^H4428 said^➔^H559 unto him,^H413 Micaiah,^H4321 shall we go^H3212 against^H413 Ramothgilead^H7433^H1568 to battle,^H4421 or^H518 shall we forbear?^H2308 And he answered^H559 him,^H413 Go,^H5927 and prosper:^H6743 for^H5414^➔ the LORD^H3068 shall deliver^➔^H5414 it into the hand^H3027 of the king.^H4428

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1Ki 22:20 - And^H559^➔ the LORD^H3068 said,^➔^H559 Who^H4310 shall persuade^H6601 Ahab,^H256 that he may go up^H5927 and fall^H5307 at Ramothgilead?^H7433^H1568 And^H559^➔ one^H2088 said^➔^H559 on this manner,^H3541 and another^H2088 said^H559 on that manner.^H3541

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1Ki 22:29 - So^H5927^➔ the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 and Jehoshaphat^H3092 the king^H4428 of Judah^H3063 went up^➔^H5927 to Ramothgilead.^H7433^H1568

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