Strongs Number: H1568
- Hebrew Word
- גִּלְעָד
- Transliteration
- Gilʻâd
- Phonetic
- ghil-awd'
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Strongs Definition
-
{Gilad} a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- BDB 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
- Origin
- Probably from H1567
- Bible Usage
- {Gilead} Gileadite.