gilʿād גִּלְעָד ‘Gilead’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
probably from galʿēd גַּלְעֵד ‘Galeed’
Roots:
גליד
gilʿād pr n loc + pr n loc gen + pr n m pers
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
Mentioned in Genesis 31:25, 31:23, 37:25, 31:21 Numbers 36:1, 32:29, 26:30, 27:1, 32:39, 32:1, 32:26, 26:29, 32:40 Deuteronomy 3:10, 34:1, 2:36, 3:13, 3:12, 3:16, 4:43, 3:15 Joshua 17:1, 13:31, 22:9, 22:13, 22:15, 22:32, 17:3, 12:2, 13:25, 17:5, 17:6, 20:8, 21:38, 12:5, 13:11 Judges 11:2, 11:7, 7:3, 20:1, 21:8, 21:9, 10:18, 12:4, 21:10, 21:12, 11:8, 11:9, 11:10, 12:5, 10:8, 5:17, 10:17, 10:4, 11:5, 11:1, 21:14, 11:11, 11:29, 12:7 1 Samuel 13:7, 11:1, 11:9, 31:11 2 Samuel 17:26, 2:5, 2:4, 2:9, 24:6, 21:12 1 Kings 22:6, 4:19, 17:1, 22:20, 22:3, 22:4, 22:15, 22:12, 4:13, 22:29 2 Kings 15:29, 8:28, 9:1, 9:14, 10:33, 9:4 Jeremiah 8:22, 46:11, 50:19, 22:6 Ezekiel 47:18 Hosea 6:8, 12:12 Amos 1:3, 1:13 Obadiah 1:19 Micah 7:14 Zechariah 10:10 Psalms 60:9, 108:9 Song of Songs 4:1, 6:5 1 Chronicles 2:21, 2:23, 7:14, 26:31, 5:14, 27:21, 5:10, 7:17, 2:22, 5:9, 10:11, 6:65, 5:16 2 Chronicles 18:2, 18:3, 18:19, 22:5, 18:5, 18:14, 18:28, 18:11