Word Study · Strong's H1569 · Hebrew
גִּלְעָדִי
Giladi
ghil-aw-dee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gilʻâdîy
“a Giladite or descendant of Gilad”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Giladite or descendant of Gilad
Rendered in the KJV as
Gileadite.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- הַגִּלְעָדִי֙3
- הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י2
- הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י2
- גִלְעָדִ֑ים1
- הַגִּלְעָדִ֗י1
- הַגִּלְעָדִ֖י1
- הַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- the Gileadite9
- [the] Gileadites1
- the Gileadite[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)10
- gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ngmsa · 10
- HNgmpa · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 10:3הַגִּלְעָדִ֑יhagiladithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.here: the Gileadite
- Judges 11:1הַגִּלְעָדִ֗יhagiladithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.here: the Gileadite
- Judges 11:40הַגִּלְעָדִ֑יhagiladithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.here: the Gileadite
- Judges 12:7הַגִּלְעָדִ֔יhagiladithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.here: the Gileadite
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 17:27הַגִּלְעָדִ֖יhagiladithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.here: the Gileadite
- 2 Samuel 19:31הַגִּלְעָדִ֔יhagiladithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.here: the Gileadite