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Lexicon :: Strong's H1568 - gilʿāḏ

Aa
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 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 134 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And when he was come H935 to H413 the king, H4428 the king H4428 said H559 unto him, H413 Micaiah, H4318 shall we go H3212 to H413 Ramothgilead H7433 H1568 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall I forbear? H2308 And he said, H559 Go ye up, H5927 and prosper, H6743 and they shall be delivered H5414 into your hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 - Turn away H5437 thine eyes H5869 from me, H5048 for they H1992 have overcome me: H7292 thy hair H8181 is as a flock H5739 of goats H5795 that appear H1570 from H4480 Gilead. H1568

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