Gileadite
Americannoun
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a member of a branch of the Israelite tribe descended from Manasseh.
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an inhabitant of ancient Gilead.
noun
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an inhabitant of the region of Gilead
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a descendant of Gilead (the man)
Etymology
Origin of Gileadite
Example Sentences
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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 New Etext of Bible [King James Version] by
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 George Milligan
Her faith was as of that nameless daughter of the Gileadite; and she could not yield.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Edison Marshall
It was a custom in Israel, 11:40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
From The World English Bible (WEB): Judges by Anonymous
But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
From God and my Neighbour by Robert Blatchford
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