Quick Definition
Ramoth (Gilead)
Biblical Persons & Places
Ramoth
Ramoth-gilead
A location first mentioned at Gen.31.47;
referred to as Ramoth (רָמֹת), or Ramoth (רָאמוֹת), or Ramoth/-gilead (NIV= Ramoth Gilead) (רָמוֹת גִּלְעָד), or Galeed (גַּלְעֵד), or Ramah (רָמָה), or Ramath-mizpeh (NIV= Ramath Mizpeh) (רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה), or Mizpah (מִצְפֶּה), or Mizpah (מִצְפָּה), or Jegar/-sahadutha (NIV= Jegar Sahadutha) (שָֽׂהֲדוּ יְגַר).
Strong's Definition
Ramoth-Gilad, a place East of the Jordan
Derivation: or רָמוֹת גִּלעָד; (2 Chronicles 22:5), from the plural of H7413 (רָמָה) and H1568 (גִּלְעָד); heights of Gilad;
KJV Usage: Ramoth-gilead, Ramoth in Gilead. See also H7216 (רָאמוֹת).
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ramoth = "heights"
n pr m
1) an Israelite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
n pr loc
2) Ramoth-gilead-a place in Gilead
2a) site dubious
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Ramoth = "heights"
Ramoth-gilead-a place in Gilead
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָמוֹת גִּלְעָד / רָמֹת גִּלְעָד
râmôth gil‛âd
BDB Definition:
Ramoth = heights
1) an Israelite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra (noun proper masculine)
2) Ramoth-gilead a place in Gilead (noun proper locative)
2a) site dubious
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the plural of H7413 and H1568
Total KJV Occurrences: 19