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גִּלְעָד

Gilad

ghil-awd'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Gilʻâd

Gilad, a region East of the Jordan

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

Gilead, Gileadite.

  • 134
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 20 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 50
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 134 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 50

  • גִּלְעָ֑ד16
  • הַגִּלְעָֽד׃10
  • גִלְעָ֔ד9
  • גִּלְעָֽד׃9
  • הַגִּלְעָ֔ד9
  • גִּלְעָ֛ד6
  • הַגִּלְעָד֙6
  • גִּלְעָד֙4
  • הַגִּלְעָ֑ד4
  • גִלְעָד֙3
  • גִּלְעָ֔ד3
  • גִּלְעָ֗ד3

and 38 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 16

  • Gilead71
  • the Gilead39
  • in the Gilead6
  • and the Gilead3
  • and Gilead2
  • Gilead towards2
  • of Gilead2
  • [are] Gilead1
  • [are] in the Gilead1
  • [is] Gilead1
  • [is] in the Gilead1
  • from Gilead1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 11

  • proper noun (a name)65
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)38
  • proper noun (a name)10
  • preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)9
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)3
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
  • proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)2
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)1
  • the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNpl · 65
  • HTd/Npl · 38
  • HNpm · 10
  • HRd/Npl · 9
  • HC/Td/Npl · 3
  • HC/Npl · 2
  • HNpl/Sd · 2
  • HR/Npl · 2
  • HR/Npm · 1
  • HTd/Ngmpa · 1
  • HTd/Npl/Sd · 1

All 134, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis4 occurrences
Numbers10 occurrences
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
Joshua16 occurrences
Judges31 occurrences
1 Samuel4 occurrences
2 Samuel6 occurrences
1 Kings11 occurrences
2 Kings7 occurrences
1 Chronicles13 occurrences
2 Chronicles8 occurrences
Psalms2 occurrences
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
Jeremiah4 occurrences
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Hosea2 occurrences
Amos2 occurrences
Obadiah1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).