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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 16 times in 15 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead H1568, even as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead H1568, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - and Gilead H1568, and the [fn]territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - And their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead H1568, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer which is before Rabbah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - also half of Gilead H1568, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.

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And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead H1568, [fn]were allotted Gilead H1568 and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

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However, Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead H1568, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead H1568 and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead H1568 belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Now beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they [fn]designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead H1568 from the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead H1568, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed from the sons of Israel at Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead H1568, to the land of their possession which they had possessed, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

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Then the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead H1568, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - So they came to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead H1568, and they spoke with them saying,

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Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead H1568 to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought back word to them.

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