Strong's Lexicon

H1568

H1568 — גִּלעָד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewGil`adName/l.Occurrences: 102TWOT: 356

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1568
Word:גִּלעָד
Part of Speech:Name/l.
Etymology:probably from H1567
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:102
Transliteration:Gil`ad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ghil-awd'
Meaning:1. Gilad, a region East of the Jordan 2. also the name of three Israelites
KJV Renderings:Gilead, Gileadite.

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BDB1670

גִּלְעָד proper name [of a location] of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, east of Jordan (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 928] durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; HiGeschichte. Israel 26 compare same √ used of camel ( [untranscribed source text 929] camelus robustus ac firmus, compare HomNS 144 ), whence camel hump, originally name of mountain) — ׳ ג Gen 37:25 + 79 t. (mostly as proper name, masculine and in combination with other proper name [of a location] compare below); ׳ הַגּ Gen 31:21 + 50 t. (so usually as name of mountain and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה Num 32:39; 1Chr 27:21 הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2Sam 24:6 — Gilead, used of territory between the Arnon and the Jabbok, modern Bel‡a; 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 Gen 31:54 Stu Judg 10:4 BdPal 178; also L. OliphantLand of Gilead, 1880); —

1. territory south of Jabbok,
a. ׳ אֶרֶץ הַגּ Num 32:29 ( P ), ׳ אֶרֶץ ג Num 32:1 ( J E ), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so ׳ חֲצִי הַר הַגּ Deut 3:12 ׳ אֶרֶץ ג also 1Chr 5:9 (of Reuben); 1Kgs 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); compare ׳ אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג 1Sam 13:7 further,
b. ׳ הַגּ alone, Judg 10:17 (or possibly here name of city ?), Judg 11:29 (probably); also 1Chr 5:10 (of Reuben) 1Chr 5:16 (of Gad); compare חֲצִי וְעַד יַבֹּק ׳ הַגּ Josh 12:2 (of Sihon), so Josh 12:5 (both D );
c. similarly ׳ ג alone (without article) in poetry Ps 60:9 (|| Manasseh) = Ps 108:9 but also in prose in phrases ׳ שָׂרֵי ג Judg 10:18, ׳ ישְׁבֵי ג Judg 10:18; Judg 11:8, ׳ זִקְנֵי ג Judg 11:5; Judg 11:7; Judg 11:8; Judg 11:9; Judg 11:10; Judg 11:11, ׳ אַנְשֵׁי ג Judg 12:4 (twice in verse); Judg 12:5 compare also
d. עָרֵי ׳ הַגּ Num 32:26 ( J E ; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place Judg 12:7 even כָּלעָֿרֵי ׳ הַגּ Josh 13:25 ( P ; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially ׳ רָאמֹת בַּגּ Deut 4:43 (of Gad); compare ׳ רָאמוֺת בַּגּ Josh 20:8 ( P ), 1Chr 6:65 (of Gad), and ׳ רָמֹת בַּגּ Josh 21:38 ( P ); usually ׳ רָמֹת ג 1Kgs 4:13; 1Kgs 22:3; 1Kgs 22:4; 1Kgs 22:6; 1Kgs 22:12 ; 1Kgs 22:15 ; 1Kgs 22:20 ; 1Kgs 22:29 = 2Chr 18:2; 2Chr 18:3; 2Chr 18:5; 2Chr 18:11 ; 2Chr 18:14 ; 2Chr 18:19 ; 2Chr 18:28 ; 2Kgs 8:28; 2Kgs 9:1; 2Kgs 9:4; 2Kgs 9:14; 2Chr 22:5 also ׳ מִצְפֵּה ג Judg 11:29 (twice in verse); further ׳ יַעְזֵיר ג 1Chr 26:31 .
2. Northern Gilead,
a. ׳ אֶרֶץ הַגּ Josh 17:5; Josh 17:6 ( J E ; of Manasseh) compare Judg 10:4; 1Chr 2:22 (both of Jair); ׳ הַר הַגּ Gen 31:21; Gen 31:23; Gen 31:25 ( E ); probably also ׳ הַר ג (no article) Song 4:1 (compare Song 6:5 below).
b. ׳ הַגּ alone Num 32:40 ( J E ; of Machir) Josh 17:1 ( J E ; id.) compare Josh 13:11 ( D ) Deut 2:36 ; 1Kgs 4:13 (of Jair); Deut 3:15 ; Deut 3:16 (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also Song 6:5 (compare Song 4:1 above); compare ׳ יֶתֶר הַגּ Deut 3:13 & ׳ חֲצִי הַגּ Josh 13:31 ( P ; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2Sam 24:6 (probably); compare also
c. ׳ ג (no article) probably Jer 8:22; Jer 46:11 (in both reference to צֳרִי balm, probably from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly Jer 22:6 and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1Chr 27:21 also Num 32:39 ( J E ; of Machir).
d. in combination ׳ יָבֵשׁ ג (city) Judg 21:8; Judg 21:9; Judg 21:10; Judg 21:12; Judg 21:14; 1Sam 11:1; 1Sam 11:9 (|| יָבֵשׁ alone) 1Sam 31:11 (|| id.) = 1Chr 10:11; 2Sam 2:4; 2Sam 2:5; 2Sam 21:12 perhaps also ׳ (מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג 1Kgs 17:1 (emendation, after ᵐ5 , Ew Th and others see VB ); — compare further below 6. proper name, masculine below — Judg 7:3 ׳ וְיִצְפֹּר 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 Josh 22:9; Josh 22:13; Josh 22:15; Josh 22:32 ( P ; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare 2Sam 17:26 so ׳ כָּלאֶֿרֶץ הַגּ 2Kgs 10:38 .
b. ׳ אֶרֶץ ג (no article) Zech 10:10 compare ׳ הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג Jer 50:19 (|| Carmel and Bashan); ׳ ג alone, also Gen 37:25 likewise Mic 7:14 (|| Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).
c. ׳ הַגּ alone, of Israel territory in general east of Jordan, Judg 10:8 compare 2Sam 2:9; 2Kgs 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); ׳ כָּלהַֿגּ Deut 3:10 אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳ אֶתהַֿגּ Deut 34:1 ׳ הַגּ also in general sense Ezek 47:18; 2Kgs 15:29 (?) Obad 1:19.
4. ׳ ג, name of a city Hos 6:8 (& Judg 10:17 ? compare 1. a. above); — on the ruined cities Jil±âd, Jil±aud on the Jebel Jil±âd, north of Es-Sal‰, and south of Jabbo‡ see Di Gen 31:54 & references
5. ׳ אֶרֶץ הַגּ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) Judg 20:1 ׳ הַגּ of people of Gilead Amos 1:3; Amos 1:13 so ׳ ג Judg 5:17 (= גַּד), Judg 12:4; Judg 12:5 (|| ׳ אַנְשֵׁי ג Judg 12:4 Judg 12:4 Judg 12:5) Hos 12:12. compare also גִּלְעָדִי below
6. treated as proper name, masculine
a. ׳ ג, son of Machir & grandson of Manasseh Num 26:29 (twice in verse); Num 26:30; Num 27:1; Num 36:1; Josh 17:3 (all P ) 1Chr 2:21 ; 1Chr 2:23 ; 1Chr 7:14; 1Chr 7:17 once ׳ הַגּ Josh 17:1 ( J E ) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.
b. father of Jephthah Judg 11:1; Judg 11:2 — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).
c. 1Chr 5:14 (a Gadite).


BDB7813

רָ(א)מוֺת26 proper name

1. location Heights, Ramôth; —
a. in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Josh 21:38 ( Gi; van d. H. Baer Josh 21:36 P ), ׳ רָאמוֺת בַּגּ (of Gad) Deut 4:43; 1Chr 6:65, ׳ רָאמֹת בַּגּ Josh 20:8 ( P ), Ραμωθ [Josh 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (Τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually ׳ רָמת ג (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1Kgs 4:13 + 19 t. Kings Chronicles (see גִּלְעָד 1.d.); = II. רָמָה 5, q. v.; site dubious; Onomasticon (Lag287. 91 ) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome Ib.145. 1Kgs 145:31 says E!], hence Di Gen 31:54 BuhlG. 261 f. conjectures el-Jal`aud , approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3 miles South of Yabbok; SmerrillEast of Jordan, 284 ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH G. conjectures (on general grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASmG. 586 some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in DrDt Add. xviii f., q. v. especially against es-Sal‰ Seetzen and others).
b. רָמוֺתנֶֿגֶב 1Sam 30:27 , see רָאׅמַׅת 3.
c. רָאמוֺת, Levitical city in Issachar 1Chr 6:58 (Δαβωρ, ᵐ5 L Ραμωθ), probably = רֶ֫מֶת Josh 19:21 ( P ; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת 2, Josh 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also Di Josh 19:21 ).
2. masculine (וְ)רָמוֺת Ezra 10:29 Qr ( Kt ירמות) see יְרֵימוֺת 5.c., p.438.


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