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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 6 times in 6 verses in 2Sa of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (2Sa 2:4 - 2Sa 24:6)
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2Sa 2:4	And the men ⁵⁸² of Judah ³⁰⁶³ came ⁹³⁵ , and there they anointed ⁴⁸⁸⁶ David ¹⁷³² king ⁴⁴²⁸ over the house ¹⁰⁰⁴ of Judah ³⁰⁶³. And they told ⁵⁰⁴⁶ David ¹⁷³², saying ⁵⁵⁹ , [That] the men ⁵⁸² of Jabeshgilead ³⁰⁰³¹⁵⁶⁸ [were they] that buried ⁶⁹¹² Saul ⁷⁵⁸⁶.
2Sa 2:5	And David ¹⁷³² sent ⁷⁹⁷¹ messengers ⁴³⁹⁷ unto the men ⁵⁸² of Jabeshgilead ³⁰⁰³¹⁵⁶⁸, and said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them, Blessed ¹²⁸⁸ [be] ye of the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸, that ye have shewed ⁶²¹³ this kindness ²⁶¹⁷ unto your lord ¹¹³, [even] unto Saul ⁷⁵⁸⁶, and have buried ⁶⁹¹² him.
2Sa 2:9	And made him king ⁴⁴²⁷ over Gilead¹⁵⁶⁸, and over the Ashurites ⁸⁰⁵, and over Jezreel ³¹⁵⁷, and over Ephraim ⁶⁶⁹, and over Benjamin ¹¹⁴⁴, and over all Israel ³⁴⁷⁸.
2Sa 17:26	So Israel ³⁴⁷⁸ and Absalom ⁵³ pitched ²⁵⁸³ in the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Gilead¹⁵⁶⁸.
2Sa 21:12	And David ¹⁷³² went ³²¹² and took ³⁹⁴⁷ the bones ⁶¹⁰⁶ of Saul ⁷⁵⁸⁶ and the bones ⁶¹⁰⁶ of Jonathan ³⁰⁸³ his son ¹¹²¹ from the men ¹¹⁶⁷ of Jabeshgilead ³⁰⁰³¹⁵⁶⁸, which had stolen ¹⁵⁸⁹ them from the street ⁷³³⁹ of Bethshan ¹⁰⁵², where the Philistines ⁶⁴³⁰ had hanged ⁸⁵¹¹ ⁸⁵¹⁸ them, when ³¹¹⁷ the Philistines ⁶⁴³⁰ had slain ⁵²²¹ Saul ⁷⁵⁸⁶ in Gilboa ¹⁵³³:
2Sa 24:6	Then they came ⁹³⁵ to Gilead¹⁵⁶⁸, and to the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Tahtimhodshi ⁸⁴⁸³; and they came ⁹³⁵ to Danjaan ¹⁸⁴², and about ⁵⁴³⁹ to Zidon ⁶⁷²¹,

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