Gileadite

American  

[gil-ee-uh-dahyt] / ˈgɪl i əˌdaɪt /

noun

1. a member of a branch of the Israelite tribe descended from Manasseh.

2. an inhabitant of ancient Gilead.

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Gileadite British  

/ ˈɡɪlɪəˌdaɪt /

noun

1. an inhabitant of the region of Gilead

2. a descendant of Gilead (the man)

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Etymology

Origin of Gileadite

Gilead + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

It is to such an aged traveller that we are introduced in the person of Barzillai the Gileadite.

From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by Milligan, George

And it was a            custom in Israel, 07:011:040 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the            daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

From The Bible, King James version, Book 7: Judges by Anonymous

It was likewise a custom among this singular people, that the young women "went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, four days in a year."

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

The Gileadite festival in which maidens lamented the death of the daughter of Jephthah1469 was doubtless an old rite in which the death of some divinity was bewailed.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

Therefore this pauper sovereign, discrowned and fed by the charity of the Gileadite pastoral chief, sings, "Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and wine increased."

From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander