גִּלֹהGilôh
גִּלֹה: proper name [of a location]: city in mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:51; 2 Samuel 15:12)
Pronunciation: ghee-lo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1542
Meanings
גִּלֹה: proper name [of a location]: see below גיל
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven towns with their surrounding villages.
- 2 Samuel 15:12 While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David’s counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).