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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GILEADITES

gil'-e-ad-its:

(1) A branch of the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 26:29).

(2) Natives of the district of Gilead (Judges 10:3; Judges 11:1, etc.).

Strong's Hebrew

1569. Giladi -- a descendant of Gilead, also an inhabitant of ...
... Word Origin from Gilad Definition a desc. of Gilead, also an inhab. of Gilead NASB
Word Usage Gileadite (9), Gileadites (1), Gileadites* (1). Gileadite. ...
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1568. Gilad -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several ...
... of several Isr. NASB Word Usage Gilead (99), Gilead's (1), Gileadites
(2), Jabesh-gilead* (12). Gilead, Gileadite. Probably from ...
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1121. ben -- son
... 5), father* (1), fellow* (3), fellows (2), fertile* (1), foal (1), fools* (1),
foreigner* (6), foreigners (1), foreigners* (10), Gileadites* (1), grandchildren ...
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Library

Saul's Expedition against the Nation of the Ammonites and victory ...
... Now when the king of the Ammonites had served those beyond Jordan in this manner,
he led his army against those that were called Gileadites, and having pitched ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 sauls expedition against.htm

How Alexander, Upon the League of Mutual Defense which Cleopatra ...
... Both these brothers did Antiochus vehemently oppose, but presently died; for when
he was come as an auxiliary to Laodice, queen of the Gileadites, [38] when ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 13 how alexander upon.htm

Barzillai
... in almost all the necessaries of life, and they could hardly fail also to have been
a little apprehensive of the kind of welcome the Gileadites would extend to ...
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The Bright Dawn of a Reign
... If the Jabesh-Gileadites are a pattern of long-memoried gratitude, David's commendation
of them is a model of love which survives injuries, and of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the bright dawn of a.htm

The First Kings.
... eye put out. The Jabesh-Gileadites agreed to the hard conditions, unless
help reached them within seven days. Messengers hastened ...
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The Scope of the Apocalypse is Indicated by Its Place in the ...
... Judges 12:6 tells us that the number of the apostate Ephraimites which fell before
the Gileadites were 42 thousand. See also 2 Kings 2:4 and 10:14. ...
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Thesaurus

Gileadites (5 Occurrences)
...GILEADITES. gil'-e-ad-its: (1) A branch of the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers
26:29). ... Multi-Version Concordance Gileadites (5 Occurrences). ...
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Shibboleth (1 Occurrence)
... Thus when the Ephraimites from the west invaded Gilead, and were defeated by the
Gileadites under the leadership of Jephthah, and tried to escape by the ...
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Gileadite (10 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and
Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ...
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Fugitives (21 Occurrences)
... all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim,
because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the ...
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Ephraimites (7 Occurrences)
... Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the
men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives ...
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Pekahiah (4 Occurrences)
... The chief conspirator was Pekah, son of Remaliah, one of his captains, with
whom, as agent in the crime, were associated 50 Gileadites. ...
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Pekah (11 Occurrences)
... Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel,
whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (BC 758) on ...
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E'phraim (146 Occurrences)
... all the men of Gilead and fought with E'phraim; and the men of Gilead smote E'phraim,
because they said, "You are fugitives of E'phraim, you Gileadites, in the ...
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Manas'seh (123 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Numbers 26:29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the
Machirites--and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ...
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Gilead (130 Occurrences)
... terribly punished (Judges 12:1). Gilead at first favored the cause of Ishbosheth
(2 Samuel 2:9), but after the murder of that prince the Gileadites came with ...
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Bible Concordance

Gileadites (5 Occurrences)

Numbers 26:29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Joshua 17:1 And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
(See NIV)

Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 12:5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No;"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 15:25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Gileadites

Related Terms

Shibboleth (1 Occurrence)

Gileadite (10 Occurrences)

Fugitives (21 Occurrences)

Ephraimites (7 Occurrences)

Pekahiah (4 Occurrences)

Pekah (11 Occurrences)

E'phraim (146 Occurrences)

Manas'seh (123 Occurrences)

Gilead (130 Occurrences)