Strong's Hebrew · H1568
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd · ghil-awd'
Gilead, Gileadite.
Definition
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Derivation
probably from H1567 (גַּלְעֵד);
Appears 134 times in Scripture
“But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
“So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.””
“And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.”
“Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.”
“Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.”
“So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.”
“Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.”
“So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.”
“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?”
“and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).