King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1553
Transliteration: 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
Word 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.