Strong H15687 sensesגִּלְעָד

Meaning of the name

The 7 senses of Strong H1568

The lexicon tells 7 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1568 appears in 123 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. GileadH1568GMountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name.82 verses · 19 books
2. (Ramoth)-gileadH1568MCity of refuge east of the Jordan18 verses · 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
3. (Jabesh)-gileadH1568LA town in Gilead, loyal to Saul12 verses · 4 books
4. GileadH1568HSon of Machir; grandson of Manasseh; father of six sons.9 verses · Numbers, Joshua, 1 Chronicles
5. GileadH1568IFather of Jephthah, a judge of Israel.2 verses · Judges
6. GileadH1568JDescendant of Manasseh; son of Michael; father of Jaroah.1 verse · 1 Chronicles
7. (Mount) GileadH1568KA mountain range where Saul and his sons died.1 verse · Judges

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• gilead122
• gileadites2
• s1

First verses

1. Genesis 31:21
   So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
2. Genesis 31:23
   And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
3. Genesis 31:25
   Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
4. Genesis 37:25
   And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
5. Numbers 26:29
   Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
6. Numbers 26:30
   These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
7. Numbers 27:1
   Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
8. Numbers 32:1
   Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
9. Numbers 32:26
   Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
10. Numbers 32:29
    And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
11. Numbers 32:39
    And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
12. Numbers 32:40
    And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
13. Numbers 36:1
    And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
14. Deuteronomy 2:36
    From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
15. Deuteronomy 3:10
    All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
16. Deuteronomy 3:12
    And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
17. Deuteronomy 3:13
    And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
18. Deuteronomy 3:15
    And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
19. Deuteronomy 3:16
    And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
20. Deuteronomy 4:43
    Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.