Strong H1569גִּלְעָדִי

Gileadite

Transliteration: gil‛âdîy
Pronunciation: ghil-aw-dee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patronymic from H1568; a Giladite or descendant of Gilad: - Gileadite.

Meaning of the name

Gileadite = "rocky region"

Detailed definition

Someone from Gilead
Group of gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "Gilead" H1568)

In the biblical story

Gilead

Mountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name.

Gilead refers to a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, as well as being a personal name for several individuals in the Old Testament.

In the Bible

Strong H1569 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

gileadite9
gileadites2

First verses

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.
Judges 10:3
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Judges 11:1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Judges 11:40
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Judges 12:7
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
2 Samuel 17:27
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
2 Samuel 19:31
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
1 Kings 2:7
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
2 Kings 15:25
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
Ezra 2:61
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
Nehemiah 7:63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.