Strong's #1568: Gil`ad (pronounced ghil-awd')
probably from 1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites:--Gilead, Gileadite.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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gil‛âd
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 (noun proper locative)
2) a city (with prefix ' Jabesh' ) (noun proper locative)
3) the people of the region (noun proper locative)
4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh (noun proper masculine)
5) father of Jephthah (noun proper masculine)
6) a Gadite (noun proper masculine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: probably from H1567
Usage:
This word is used 114 times:
Genesis 31:21: "his face toward the mount Gilead."
Genesis 31:23: "journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead."
Genesis 31:25: "his brethren in the mount of Gilead."
Genesis 37:25: "a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead from Gilead with their camels spicery"
Numbers 26:29: "and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites."
Numbers 26:29: "begot Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites."
Numbers 26:30: "These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family"
Numbers 27:1: "the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,"
Numbers 32:1: "the land and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;"
Numbers 32:26: "shall be there in the cities of Gilead:"
Numbers 32:29: "before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:"
Numbers 32:39: "the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite"
Numbers 32:40: "And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt"
Numbers 36:1: "fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,"
Deuteronomy 2:36: "that is by the river, even unto Gilead, not one city too strong"
Deuteronomy 3:10: "the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah"
Deuteronomy 3:12: "the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites"
Deuteronomy 3:13: "And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half"
Deuteronomy 3:15: "And I gave Gilead unto Machir."
Deuteronomy 3:16: "and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half"
Deuteronomy 4:43: "country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites."
Deuteronomy 34:1: "him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,"
Joshua 12:2: "Arnon, of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok,"
Joshua 12:5: "of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, of Sihon king of Heshbon."
Joshua 13:11: " And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all"
Joshua 13:25: "Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon,"
Joshua 13:31: "And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan,"
Joshua 17:1: "the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man"
Joshua 17:1: "a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan."
Joshua 17:3: "the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,"
Joshua 17:5: "to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side"
Joshua 17:6: "of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead."
Joshua 20:8: "upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe"
Joshua 21:38: "And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be"
Joshua 22:9: "is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land"
Joshua 22:13: "into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar"
Joshua 22:15: "of Manasseh, unto of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,"
Joshua 22:32: "and from the children of Gad, of Gilead, unto"
Judges 5:17: " Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?"
Judges 7:3: "let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people"
Judges 10:4: "day, which are in the land of Gilead."
Judges 10:8: "Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead."
Judges 10:17: "of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped"
Judges 10:18: "And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What"
Judges 10:18: "head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
Judges 11:1: "and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begot Jephthah."
Judges 11:2: " And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out"
Judges 11:5: "against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch"
Judges 11:7: "And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel"
Judges 11:8: "And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to"
