giladi · Gileadite

What it means

giladi (גִּלְעָדִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gileadite”.

A descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. An inhabitant of Gilead, the hill country east of the Jordan.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Gileadite ×9
• Gileadites ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×1
• Judges×4
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×1
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×1

• Numbers 26:29

  The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

• Judges 10:3

  After him arose Jair the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.

• Judges 11:1

  Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, and he was the son of a woman, a prostitute; and Gilead fathered Jephthah.

• Judges 11:40

  from year to year the daughters of Israel go to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

• Judges 12:7

  Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

• 2 Samuel 17:27

  When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

• 2 Samuel 19:31

  Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and crossed the Jordan with the king, to send him off at the Jordan.

• 1 Kings 2:7

  But to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite show loyal love, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they came near to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

• 2 Kings 15:25

  Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the citadel of the house of the king, with Argob and with Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the sons of the Gileadites; and he put him to death and reigned in his place.

• Ezra 2:61

  And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

• Nehemiah 7:63

  And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.