H1553 H1553
Geliloth (place on Benjamin-Judah border)
This place name means 'circles' or 'stone circles', marking a boundary point between Benjamin and Judah. The name likely refers to ancient stone markers, perhaps megalithic circles that served as territorial landmarks. The site's exact location is lost, though it appears related to Gilgal, another circle-stone location. Ancient border markers often used visible stone formations that lasted generations.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Joshua 18:17 places Geliloth on the tribal boundary, its name suggesting a visible landmark—circles of stones that travelers would recognize. The multilingual consistency (English/Spanish/French all transliterate) reflects that this is a proper noun, a specific geographic marker. The Hebrew plural form indicates multiple circles or a circular arrangement, typical of Bronze Age boundary stones that established territorial claims in the Promised Land. 1×
AR["جَليلوتَ"]·ben["গলীলোৎ"]·DE["Geliloth"]·EN["Geliloth"]·FR["Geliloth"]·heb["גלילות"]·HI["गलीलोत"]·ID["Gelilot"]·IT["Geliloth"]·jav["laladan"]·KO["글릴롯으로"]·PT["Gelilot"]·RU["Гелилоту"]·ES["Gelilot"]·SW["Gelilothi"]·TR["bölgesine"]·urd["جلیلوت"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גְּלִילוֹת n.pr.loc. (strictly pl. of foreg.; prob. = circles of stones, 𝔙 tumuli, cf. Di) 1. Jos 18:17 (cf. הַגִּלְגָּל 15:7), place on border between Benj. & Judah. 2. locality described as follows: a. אֶל־ג׳ הַיַּרְדֵּן אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן Jos 22:10 unto Geliloth (= the circles) of Jordan which is in the land of Canaan; (𝔊 Γαλγαλα, 𝔊L Γαλιλωθ). b. אֶל־מוּל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן…