Strong H1568H1568Kגִּלְעָד
(Mount) Gilead
One of the 7 senses of Strong H1568
- Transliteration
- gil‛âd
- Pronunciation
- ghil-awd'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Mount Gilboa was the site where Saul and his sons were killed in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31:1, 8; 2 Samuel 1:6; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 8; Judges 7:3).
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
Gilboa Mount
A mountain range where Saul and his sons died.
Mount Gilboa was the site where Saul and his sons were killed in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31:1, 8; 2 Samuel 1:6; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 8; Judges 7:3).
In the Bible
Strong H1568K appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gilead1
First verses
- Judges 7:3Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.