This name belongs to 5 different people and places in the Bible:
- Gilead: Descendant of Manasseh; son of Michael; father of Jaroah
- Gilead: Father of Jephthah, a judge of Israel
- Gilead: Son of Machir; grandson of Manasseh; father of six sons
- Mount Gilboa: A mountain range where Saul and his sons died
- Gilead: Mountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name
Definition
probably from H1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Gilead, Gileadite.
Traditional renderings: Gilead, Gileadite.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
134 total
- 1 Chronicles 5:9גִּלְעָֽד׃ · of GileadThey also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 5:10לַגִּלְעָֽד׃פ · of GileadDuring the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 5:14גִּלְעָ֧ד · of GileadThese were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
- 1 Chronicles 5:16בַּגִּלְעָ֥ד · in GileadThey lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.
- 1 Chronicles 6:80בַּגִּלְעָ֖ד · in GileadAnd from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
- 1 Chronicles 7:14גִלְעָֽד׃ · of GileadThe descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 7:17גִלְעָ֔ד · of GileadThe son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 10:11גִּלְעָ֑דWhen all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
- 1 Chronicles 26:31גִּלְעָֽד׃ · in GileadAs for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 27:21גִּלְעָ֔דָה · in Gilead…over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;
- 2 Chronicles 18:2גִּלְעָֽד׃And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 18:3גִּלְעָ֑דAhab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:5גִּלְעָ֛דSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:11גִּלְעָד֙And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:14גִּלְעָ֛דWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:19גִּלְעָ֑דAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
- 2 Chronicles 18:28גִּלְעָֽד׃So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 22:5גִּלְעָ֑דAhaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
- Psalm 60:7גִלְעָ֨ד׀ · GileadGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Psalm 108:8גִלְעָ֨ד׀ · GileadGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Song of Solomon 4:1גִּלְעָֽד׃ · GileadHow beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- Song of Solomon 6:5הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ · GileadTurn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
- Jeremiah 8:22בְּגִלְעָ֔ד · in GileadIs there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- Jeremiah 22:6גִּלְעָ֥ד · are like GileadFor this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
- Jeremiah 46:11גִלְעָד֙ · to GileadGo up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
- Jeremiah 50:19וְהַגִּלְעָ֖ד · and GileadI will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
- Ezekiel 47:18הַגִּלְעָ֜ד · GileadOn the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
- Hosea 6:8גִּלְעָ֕ד · GileadGilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
- Hosea 12:11גִּלְעָ֥ד · [in] GileadIs there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Amos 1:3הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ · GileadThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
- Amos 1:13הַגִּלְעָ֔ד · women of GileadThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
- Obadiah 1:19הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ · GileadThose from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
- Micah 7:14וְגִלְעָ֖ד · and GileadShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Zechariah 10:10גִּלְעָ֤ד · to GileadI will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.