Name Ramoth-gilead
Gender Masculine
Usage English (Puritan)
Scripts רָמֹת גִּלְעָד (Hebrew)
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Meaning & History
Meaning "heights of Gilead," it was a Levitical city and city of refuge east of the Jordan river in the Hebrew Bible, also called "Ramoth in Gilead" (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:38) or "Ramoth Galaad" in the Douay-Rheims Bible. It was located in the tribal territorial allotment of the tribe of Gad.