Lexical Summary Geliloth: "circles", a Pal. place name Original Word: גְּלִילוֹתTransliteration: Geliloth Phonetic Spelling: (ghel-ee-lowth') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "circles", a Pal. place name Meaning: Geliloth -- "circles", a Palestinian place name Strong's Concordance Geliloth Plural of gliylah; circles; Geliloth, a place in Palestine -- Geliloth. see HEBREW gliylah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1553. Geliloth גְּלִילוֺת proper name, of a location (strictly plural of foregoing; probably = circles of stones, ᵑ9 tumuli, compare Di) 1 Joshua 18:17 (compare הַגִּלְגָּל 15:7), place on border between Benjamin & Judah. 2 locality described as follows: a. ׳אֶלגֿ כְּנָ֑עַן בְּאֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הַיַּרְדֵּן Joshua 22:10 unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan; (ᵐ5 Γαλγαλα, ᵐ5L Γαλιλωθ). b. יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי אֶלעֵֿבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶלגְּֿלִילוֺת כְּנַעַן אֶרֶץ אֶלמֿוּל Joshua 22:11 in front of the land of Canaan, in Geliloth of Jordan, beyond the sons of Israel (ᵐ5 Γαλααδ, ᵐ5L omitted) see Di; yet compare DrIntr. 106 n. Others render ׳ג here circuit of Jordan = הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּכַּר; districts VB, compare גְּלִילָה. |
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