Strong H1568H1568Iגִּלְעָד
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 living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.11.1;
father of: Jephthah (H3316H)
father of: Jephthah (H3316H)
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
Father of Jephthah, a judge of Israel.
Gilead was the father of Jephthah, a mighty warrior and judge of Israel who delivered the Israelites from the Ammonites.
In the Bible
Strong H1568I appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gilead1
- s1
First verses
- Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
- Judges 11:2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.