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Friday, May 17th, 2024
the Seventh Week after Easter

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1567 - גַּלְעֵד

Transliteration

Galʻêd

Phonetics

gal-ade'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H1530) and (H5707)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Galeed = “witness heap”

1) the pile of stones heaped up between Jacob and Laban to certify their covenant; located on Mt Gilead

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Genesis 2

NAS (2)

Genesis 2

HCS (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גַּלְעֵד proper name, of a location ( witness-pile) name of pile of stones erected by Jacob and his company (Kit^{Geschichte.129}; by Laban We Di) Genesis 31:47,48 (see גַּל 1 c) apparently intended to explain גִּלְעָד q. v.; Di conjecture also (as name of altar) Joshua 22:34 (compare ᵑ6).

List of Word Forms

גַּלְעֵֽד׃ גלעד׃ gal‘êḏ gal·‘êḏ galEd