גִּלְעָד (gil.ad) means “Gilead” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ghil-awd' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · Gilead
Gilead = "rocky region" 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 Also named: gil.a.di (גִּלְעָדִי "Gileadite" H1569)
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גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · Gilead
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.29; son of: Machir (H4353); brother of: daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447); father of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A) § 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 4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh 5) father of Jephthah 6) a Gadite
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גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · Gilead
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.11.1; father of: Jephthah (H3316H) § 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 4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh 5) father of Jephthah 6) a Gadite
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גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · Gilead
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.14; son of: Michael (H4317I); father of: Jaroah (H3386) § 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 4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh 5) father of Jephthah 6) a Gadite
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גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · (Mount) Gilead
Gilead = "rocky region" 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
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גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · (Jabesh)-gilead
Gilead = "rocky region" 2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') Combined with ya.vesh (יָבֵשׁ "Jabesh" H3003)
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גִּלְעָד · gil.ad · (Ramoth)-gilead
Gilead = "rocky region" 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'. Combined with ra.mot gi.l.ad (רָמֹת "Ramoth" H7433)
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probably from H1567 (גַּלְעֵד); Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
KJV glosses: Gilead, Gileadite.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of gilead | 45 |
| gilead | 18 |
| in gilead | 14 |
| and gilead | 5 |
| to gilead | 4 |
| from gilead | 3 |
| the gileadites | 2 |
| also gilead | 1 |
| and gileads | 1 |
| are like gilead | 1 |
| far as gilead | 1 |
| gileadites | 1 |
| of the gileadites | 1 |
| through gilead | 1 |
| women of gilead | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of gilead | 51 |
| gilead | 21 |
| in gilead | 11 |
| to ramothgilead | 10 |
| of jabeshgilead | 9 |
| and gilead | 6 |
| at ramothgilead | 3 |
| from gilead | 3 |
| against ramothgilead | 2 |
| in ramothgilead | 2 |
| to gilead | 2 |
| against jabeshgilead | 1 |
| and all gilead | 1 |
| and gileads | 1 |
| and the gileadites | 1 |
| and when all jabeshgilead | 1 |
| even gilead | 1 |
| even unto gilead | 1 |
| from jabeshgilead | 1 |
| into gilead | 1 |
| over gilead | 1 |
| ramothgilead | 1 |
| therefore he had gilead | 1 |
| with me to ramothgilead | 1 |
| ye gileadites | 1 |
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Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
Read word by wordJephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
Read word by wordThe Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
Read word by wordJephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Read word by wordThen all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
Read word by wordSo they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
Read word by wordFor when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
Read word by wordSo the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
Read word by wordSo they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Read word by wordAnd at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
Read word by wordThen Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
Read word by wordSo they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
Read word by wordSome Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
Read word by wordWhen the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Read word by wordThen the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
Read word by wordSo David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
Read word by wordand made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
Read word by wordhe went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
Read word by wordThen they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
Read word by wordBen-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
Read word by wordGeber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
Read word by wordNow Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Read word by wordwho said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
Read word by wordSo he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
Read word by wordThen Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
Read word by wordNow Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
Read word by wordSo the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
Read word by wordThus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
Read word by wordfrom the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
Read word by wordIn the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
Read word by wordLater, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
Read word by wordSegub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
Read word by wordBut Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
Read word by wordThey also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
Read word by wordDuring the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
Read word by wordThese were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
Read word by wordThey lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.
Read word by wordAnd from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.65
The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.
Read word by wordThe son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
Read word by wordWhen all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
Read word by wordAs for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
Read word by wordover the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;
Read word by wordAnd some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
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