גְּלִילוֹתGᵉlîylôwth
proper name [of a location]: circles, tumuli
Pronunciation: ghel-ee-lowth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1553
Meanings
1. place on border between Benjamin & Judah (Joshua 18:17; Joshua 15:7)
2. locality described as follows
a. unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan (Joshua 22:10)
b. in front of the land of Canaan, in Geliloth of Jordan, beyond the sons of Israel, circuit of Jordan (Joshua 22:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 18:17 From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben’s son.)
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).