STRONGS NUMBER H1553


Word Summary
Geliloth: "circles", a Pal. place name
Original Word: גְּלִילוֹת
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
Strong's Concordance
Geliloth

Plural of gliylah; circles; Geliloth, a place in Palestine -- Geliloth.

see HEBREW gliylah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1553. Geliloth

גְּלִילוֺתproper name, of a location (strictly plural of foregoing; probably = circles of stones, ᵑ9tumuli, compare Di)

1 Joshua 18:17 (compare הַגִּלְגָּל15:7), place on border between Benjamin & Judah.

2 locality described as follows:

a. ׳אֶלגֿ כְּנָ֑עַן בְּאֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הַיַּרְדֵּןJoshua 22:10 unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan; (ᵐ5Γαλγαλα, ᵐ5L Γαλιλωθ).

b. יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי אֶלעֵֿבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶלגְּֿלִילוֺת כְּנַעַן אֶרֶץ אֶלמֿוּלJoshua 22:11 in front of the land of Canaan, in Geliloth of Jordan, beyond the sons of Israel (ᵐ5Γαλααδ, ᵐ5L omitted) see Di; yet compare DrIntr. 106 n. Others render ׳ג‎ here circuit of Jordan = הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּכַּר‎; districts VB, compare גְּלִילָה‎.