Strong H1568H1568Hגִּלְעָד
Gilead
One of the 7 senses of Strong H1568
- Transliteration
- gil‛âd
- Pronunciation
- ghil-awd'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
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 (H44I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A)
son of: Machir (H4353);
brother of: daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570), Sheresh (H8329) and Hammolecheth (H4447);
father of: Abiezer (H44I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A)
Meaning of the name
Gilead = "rocky region"
General definition
Probably from H1567; {Gilad} a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites: - {Gilead} Gileadite.
In the biblical story
Gilead
Son of Machir; grandson of Manasseh; father of six sons.
Gilead was the son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh, and father of six sons who became the heads of Gileadite clans.
In the Bible
Strong H1568H appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gilead9
First verses
- Numbers 26:29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
- Numbers 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
- Numbers 27:1Then 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.
- Joshua 17:1There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
- Joshua 17:3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
- 1 Chronicles 7:17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.