Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gilead' occurs 133 times in the standard works.

51 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gilead' in the standard works and contain 38.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 11:5-11 (7 in 7 verses)

Judg. 10:17-11:2 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 12:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 11:29 (3 in 1 verse)


Num. 26:29-30 (3 in 2 verses)

 26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

 26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:




Josh. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 21:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 2:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 132 13 145
Gen. 4 0 4
Num. 10 1 11
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 16 0 16
Judg. 29 6 35
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 6 2 8
1 Kgs. 11 1 12
2 Kgs. 7 1 8
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 8 0 8
Ezra 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Song. 2 0 2
Jer. 4 0 4
Ezek. 1 0 1
Hosea 2 0 2
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 133 13 146

Num. 26:29
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

Num. 26:30
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

Num. 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Num. 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Num. 32:26
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

Num. 32:29
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

Num. 32:39
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

Num. 32:40
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

Num. 36:1
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: