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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1553 - גְּלִילוֹת

Transliteration

Gᵉlîylôwth

Phonetics

ghel-ee-lowth'

Origin

plural of (H1552)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

353g

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Geliloth = "circuits"
1. a place on Judah and Benjamin´s border

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Joshua 1

BSB (1)

Joshua 1

CSB (1)

Joshua 1

ESV (1)

Joshua 1

KJV (1)

Joshua 1

LEB (1)

Joshua 1

LSB (1)

Joshua 1

N95 (1)

Joshua 1

NAS (1)

Joshua 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Joshua 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גְּלִילוֺת proper name, of a location (strictly plural of foregoing; probably = circles of stones, ᵑ9 tumuli, compare Di)

1 Joshua 18:17 (compare הַגִּלְגָּל Joshua 15:7), place on border between Benjamin & Judah.

2 locality described as follows:

a.הַיַּרְדֵּן אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן ׳אֶלגֿ Joshua 22:10 unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan; (ᵐ5 Γαλγαλα, ᵐ5^L Γαλιλωθ).

b.אֶלמֿוּל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶלגְּֿלִילוֺת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Joshua 22:11 in front of the land of Canaan, in Geliloth of Jordan, beyond the sons of Israel (ᵐ5 Γαλααδ, ᵐ5^L omitted) see Di; yet compare Dr^{Intr. 106n.} Others render ׳ג here circuit of Jordan = כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן; districts VB, compare גְּלִילָה.

List of Word Forms

גְּלִיל֔וֹת גלילות gə·lî·lō·wṯ geliLot gəlîlōwṯ