Gilead (2)
(gil`adh):(1) A son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh (Nu 26:29,30).(2) The father of Jephthah (Jud 11:1,2).(3) A Gadite, the son of Michael (1Ch 5:14).
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Gilead, Balm Of
SeeBALM OF GILEAD.
Gilead, Mount
See GILEAD (2).
Gileadites
gil'-e-ad-its:(1) A branch of the tribe of Manasseh (Nu 26:29).(2) Natives of the district of Gilead (Jud 10:3;11:1, etc.).
Gilgal
gil'-gal (gilgal, "circle"; Galgala): The article is always with the name except inJos 5:9. There are three places to which the name is attached:(1) The first camp of Israel aft...
Giloh
gi'-lo (giloh): A town in the hill country of Judah mentioned along with Jattir, Socoh, Debir, Eshtemoa, etc. (Jos 15:51). Ahithophel came from here (2Sa 15:12) and is called th...
Gilonite
gi'-lo-nit. See preceding article.
Gimel
ge'-mel, gim'-el ("g"): The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and used as such to designate the 3rd part ofPs 119; transliterated in this Encyclopedia with the dagesh as "g", a...
Gimzo
gim'-zo (gimzo; Gamzo): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18). It is the modern Jimzu, a small mud v...
Gin
jin (moqesh, pach): A noose of hair or wire for snaring wild birds alive. There are over half a dozen traps and net devices indicated by different terms in the Bible. The gin wa...
Ginath
gi'-nath (ginath): Father of Tibni, the unsuccessful rival of Omri (1Ki 16:21,22).
Ginnethoi; Ginnethon
gin-e-tho'-i, gin'-e-thon (the King James Version Ginnetho), (ginnethoy, and ginnethon): The head of a priestly family. Ginnethoi (Ginnetho) is found inNe 12:4, and Ginnethon in...
Girdle
gur'-d'-l.SeeARMOR;DRESS.
Girgashite
gur'-ga-shit (girgashi; Gergesaios; also punctuated (?) Girgasite (Ge 10:16the King James Version)): A son of (the land of) Canaan (Ge 10:16), and accordingly enumerated along w...
Girl
gurl: Twice in the Old Testament as the rendering of yaldah (Joe 3:3;Zec 8:5), in both cases in association with boys. Same word rendered "damsel" inGe 34:4.See DAUGHTER; MAID, ...
Girzites
gur'-zits.SeeGIZRITES.
Gishpa
gish'-pa (the King James Version Gispa; gishpa'): An officer of the Nethinim (Ne 11:21). A comparison withEzr 2:43makes it probable that he is to be identified with Hasupha, and...
Gittah-Hepher
git-a-he'-fer (gittah chepher): the King James Version (Jos 19:13) for Gath-hepher. Gittah is correctly Gath with the Hebrew letter, he ("h") locale, meaning "toward Gath."
Gittaim
git'-a-im (gittayim): The town to which the Beerothites tied, and where they lived as gerim, or protected strangers (2Sa 4:3). The place need not have been beyond the boundaries...
Gittites
git'-its (gittim, plural of gittiy): The inhabitants of Gath. They are mentioned along with the inhabitants of the other chief Philistine cities inJos 13:3. It would seem that n...
Gittith
git'-ith.SeeMUSIC;PSALMS.
Give
(nathan, yahabh, sum; didomi): "Give" is a very common word in the Old Testament. It is most frequently the translation of nathan, "to give" (Ge 1:29;3:6;Ex 2:9;De 18,20, etc., ...
Gizonite
gi'-zon-it: This gentilic name in1Ch 11:34, "Hashem the Gizonite," is probably an error for "Gunite" (compareNu 26:48), and the passage should be corrected, after2Sa 23:32, into...
Gizrites
giz'-rits (gizri (Kethibh); the King James Version Gezrites): Inhabitants ofGEZER, (which see). The Qere reads girzi, Girzites (1Sa 27:8).
Glad Tidings
ti'-dingz (euaggelizo): "Glad-tidings" occurs in the King James Version in the translation of the verb euaggelizo, "to tell good news" (Lu 1:19;8:1;Ac 13:32;Ro 10:15); in each i...
Glass
glas (zekhukhith; hualos):1. History:Glass is of great antiquity. The story of its discovery by accident, as related by Pliny (NH, xxxvi.65), is apocryphal, but it was natural f...
Glass, Sea Of
(thalassa hualine;Re 4:6;15:2): In the vision of heaven in these two apocalyptic passages a "glassy sea" is seen before the throne of God. The pure translucency of the sea is in...