Bible Person

Gilead

Meaning: the heap or mass of testimony · Male · 1 cross reference

This Gilead entry refers to a Gadite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 5, not to the father of Jephthah or to the region name. He belongs to the genealogical memory of the eastern tribes. First appears in 1 Chr 5:14.1

AI summary: This Gilead matters because his single cross reference helps preserve one line of descent within Gad's tribal record east of the Jordan. Even a brief paternal note contributes to the continuity and structure of the eastern tribal memory. Taken together, the material presents this Gilead as a genealogical figure in Gad's preserved lineage.1

Central Figure

Gilead

Meaning: the heap or mass of testimony

Children