Strong's Definition
probably from 1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
KJV Usage: Gilead, Gileadite
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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)
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
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
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
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
גִּלְעָד (gil.ad) — (Jabesh)-gilead. Gilead = "rocky region"
2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') Combined with ya.vesh (יָבֵשׁ "Jabesh" H3003)
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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · גִּלְעָדִי
Names of People
Gilead = man; ◄ son of Makir; tribe of Manasseh; ► settler of the area on the east side of the Jordan
NUM 26:29 · NUM 26:29 · NUM 26:30 · NUM 27:1 · NUM 36:1 · JOS 17:3 · JDG 5:17 · 1CH 2:21 · 1CH 2:23 · 1CH 7:14 · 1CH 7:17
Names of Locations
Gilead = area on east side of the Jordan; ◄ supposedly named after Gilead, son of Makir, tribe of Manasseh
GEN 31:21 · GEN 31:23 · GEN 31:25 · GEN 37:25 · NUM 32:1 · NUM 32:26 · NUM 32:29 · NUM 32:39 · NUM 32:40 · DEU 2:36 · DEU 3:10 · DEU 3:12 · DEU 3:13 · DEU 3:15 · DEU 3:16 · DEU 4:43 · DEU 34:1 · JOS 12:2 · JOS 12:5 · JOS 13:11 · JOS 13:25 · JOS 13:31 · JOS 17:1 · JOS 17:1 · JOS 17:5 · JOS 17:6 · JOS 20:8 · JOS 21:38 · JOS 22:9 · JOS 22:13 · JOS 22:15 · JOS 22:32 · JDG 5:17 · JDG 7:3 · JDG 10:4 · JDG 10:8 · JDG 10:17 · JDG 10:18 · JDG 10:18 · JDG 11:5 · JDG 11:7 · JDG 11:8 · JDG 11:8 · JDG 11:9 · JDG 11:10 · JDG 11:11 · JDG 11:29 · JDG 11:29 · JDG 11:29 · JDG 12:4 · JDG 12:4 · JDG 12:4 · JDG 12:5 · JDG 12:5 · JDG 12:7 · JDG 20:1 · JDG 21:8 · JDG 21:9 · JDG 21:10 · JDG 21:12 · JDG 21:14 · 1SA 11:1 · 1SA 11:9 · 1SA 13:7 · 1SA 31:11 · 2SA 2:4 · 2SA 2:5 · 2SA 2:9 · 2SA 17:26 · 2SA 21:12 · 2SA 24:6 · 1KI 4:13 · 1KI 4:13 · 1KI 4:19 · 1KI 17:1 · 1KI 22:3 · 1KI 22:4 · 1KI 22:6 · 1KI 22:12 · 1KI 22:15 · 1KI 22:20 · 1KI 22:29 · 2KI 8:28 · 2KI 9:1 · 2KI 9:4 · 2KI 9:14 · 2KI 10:33 · 2KI 10:33 · 2KI 15:29 · 1CH 2:22 · 1CH 5:9 · 1CH 5:10 · 1CH 5:16 · 1CH 6:65 · 1CH 10:11 · 1CH 26:31 · 1CH 27:21 · 2CH 18:2 · 2CH 18:3 · 2CH 18:5 · 2CH 18:11 · 2CH 18:14 · 2CH 18:19 · 2CH 18:28 · 2CH 22:5 · PSA 60:9 · PSA 108:9 · SNG 4:1 · SNG 6:5 · JER 8:22 · JER 22:6 · JER 46:11 · JER 50:19 · EZK 47:18 · HOS 6:8 · HOS 12:12 · AMO 1:3 · AMO 1:13 · OBA 1:19 · MIC 7:14 · ZEC 10:10
1 1KI 4:19 MT RSV NIV NJPS NRSV REB GNT CEV | NJB Gad 2 HOS 6:8 Possibly a reference to one of the towns in Gilead, such as Adam (Andersen and Freedman, AYB) or Ramoth-Gilead (Stuart, WBC).
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גִּלְעָד n.pr.loc. of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, E. of Jordan territory S. of Jabboḳ
Northern Gilead
more generally, of all Gilead
name of a city
of Israelites living E. of Jordan (as a whole)
treated as n.pr.m.
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