Strong's H1568 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: גִּלְעָד (Gilʻâd)

Pronunciation: ghil-awd'

Morphology: n-pr-loc n-pr-m

Part of Speech: n pr m

Name Meaning: n pr loc Gilead = "rocky region"

Derivation: probably from גַּלְעֵד (Galʻêd) [H1567];

Definition: Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

KJV Renderings: Gilead, Gileadite.

Senses

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead
2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')
3. the people of the region
4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh
5. father of Jephthah
6. a Gadite

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.