Hebrew word · H1569
גִּלְעָדִי
hagil'adi
Gileadite
Appears 11 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
Someone from Gilead
Group of gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "Gilead" H1568)
§ Gileadite = "rocky region"
1) an inhabitant of Gilead -
2) a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended of Gilead
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
Numbers · 1
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Numbers 26:29 הַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃ the Gileadite[s]
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
Judges · 4
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Judges 10:3 הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י the Gileadite
Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
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Judges 11:1 הַגִּלְעָדִ֗י the Gileadite
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
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Judges 11:40 הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י the Gileadite
that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
Here: From Gilead, the highlands east of the Jordan. The title repeats how Jephthah was introduced in 11:1, closing the story where it began.
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Judges 12:7 הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י the Gileadite
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
2 Samuel · 2
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2 Samuel 17:27 הַגִּלְעָדִ֖י the Gileadite
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: A man of Gilead, the Israelite highland east of the Jordan. He represents the local Israelite landowners of the very region where Absalom had just camped (v. 26).
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2 Samuel 19:31 הַגִּלְעָדִ֔י the Gileadite
Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
1 Kings · 1
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1 Kings 2:7 הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ the Gileadite
But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
Here: Places him east of the Jordan in Gilead, the region where David found refuge and support during the revolt. It reminds Solomon that this loyalty came from outside the Judahite heartland.
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 15:25 גִלְעָדִ֑ים [the] Gileadites
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
Ezra · 1
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Ezra 2:61 הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ the Gileadite
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
Nehemiah · 1
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Nehemiah 7:63 הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ the Gileadite
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
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