Word: CRLB
Pronounce: ghil-awd'
Strong: H1568
Orig: probably from 1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites:--Gilead, Gileadite. H1567
Use: TWOT-356
Grk Strong:
n pr loc Gilead = "rocky region"
1) a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead
2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')
3) the people of the region
n pr m
4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh
5) father of Jephthah
6) a Gadite