Hebrew word · H1542

גִּלֹה

migiloh

Giloh

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Giloh = "exile"

a city in the mountains of Judah, home town of Ahithophel

Also named: gi.lo.ni (גִּילֹנִי "Gilonite" H1526)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 15:51 וְגִלֹ֑ה and Giloh

    Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.

    Here: The last town in this district. It was the hometown of Ahithophel 'the Gilonite', David's counsellor who went over to Absalom (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34). The Hebrew accent mark here closes the list of names before the total is given.

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 15:12 מִגִּלֹ֔ה from Giloh

    While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

    Here: It names the town, a settlement in the Judean hills listed in Josh 15:51, in the district around Hebron.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.