| Strong#: | 1568 // delg Gil`ad |
| Orig: | n pr loc, n pr m // probably from \\01567\\ |
| NASB: | ==>Gilead(99), Gilead's(1), Gileadites(2), Jabesh-gilead*(12). |
| AV=134 | ==>Gilead 101, Ramothgilead + \\07433\\ 18, Jabeshgilead + \\03003\\ 12, Gileadites 2 |
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| Definition: | n pr loc
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
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| NASB: | a region in Pal., also the name of several Isr. |
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