How to Pronounce Giloh

GYE-loh

Giloh is pronounced GYE-loh (ˈgaɪləʊ): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Giloh mean?

Giloh means “he that rejoices; he that overturns”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Giloh?

Exile, a city in the south-west part of the hill-country of Judah (Josh. 15:51). It was the native place or residence of the traitor Ahithophel “the Gilonite” (Josh. 15:51; 2 Sam. 15:12), and where he committed suicide (17:23). It has been identified with Kurbet Jala, about 7 miles north of Hebron.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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