How to Pronounce Gilead
GIHL-ee-uhd
Gilead is pronounced GIHL-ee-uhd (ˈɡɪliəd): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: GIH-lee-ad, GIL-ee-uhd.
What does Gilead mean?
Gilead means “the heap or mass of testimony”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Gilead?
Gilead is a region east of the Jordan River. Its land drew the children of Reuben and Gad, who had great herds and saw that it was a place for cattle (Numbers 32:1). Jacob fled toward mount Gilead when he left Laban (Genesis 31:21), and the name also belongs to a descendant of Manasseh, from whom came the family of the Gileadites (Numbers 26:29).
Also pronounced
GIH-lee-ad
GIL-ee-uhd
Found in Scripture
Genesis 31:21Genesis 31:23Genesis 31:25Genesis 37:25Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:30Numbers 27:1Numbers 32:1Numbers 32:26Numbers 32:29Numbers 32:39Numbers 32:40Numbers 36:1Deuteronomy 2:36Deuteronomy 3:10Deuteronomy 3:12Deuteronomy 3:13Deuteronomy 3:15Deuteronomy 3:16Deuteronomy 4:43Deuteronomy 34:1Joshua 12:2Joshua 12:5Joshua 13:11Joshua 13:25Joshua 13:31Joshua 17:1Joshua 17:3Joshua 17:5Joshua 17:6+20 more
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