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גִּלְעָד

Transliteration Gil`ad		Pronunciation ghil·äd' (Key)
Parts of Speech proper locative noun, proper masculine noun		Root Word (Etymology) Probably from גִּלְעָד (H1567)
TWOT Reference 356

n pr loc

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

n pr m

4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

5) father of Jephthah

6) a Gadite

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Strong's Number H1568 matches the Hebrew גִּלְעָד (Gil`ad), which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in 2Ki of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (2Ki 8:28 - 2Ki 15:29)
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2Ki 8:28	And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead¹⁵⁶⁸; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
2Ki 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 Ramothgilead¹⁵⁶⁸:
2Ki 9:4	So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead¹⁵⁶⁸.
2Ki 9:14	So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead¹⁵⁶⁸, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
2Ki 10:33	From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead¹⁵⁶⁸, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, even Gilead¹⁵⁶⁸ and Bashan.
2Ki 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 Gilead¹⁵⁶⁸, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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