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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H1568 - Gileadites

Strong's No.:H1568

Hebrew:גִּלְעָד

Transliteration:Gilʻâd

Phonetic:ghil-awd'

Word Origin:Probably from H1567

Bible Usage:{Gilead} Gileadite.

Part of Speech:Noun

Strongs
Definition:

{Gilad} a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

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


Bible References:
Gileadites

Translation
Occurrences:
Gilead ( 99 )
Gileadites ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.