Topic
Jegar-sahadutha
2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 31:47Easton · Nave A heap of stones (a cairn) on Mount Gilead
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
- Genesis 31:48Nave A heap of stones (a cairn) on Mount Gilead
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Gen. 31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (q.v.).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.