Galeed

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Galeed
     heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob
     and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they
     entered with each other (Gen. 31:47, 48). This was the name
     given to the "heap" by Jacob. It is Hebrew, while the name
     Jegar-sahadutha, given to it by Laban, is Aramaic (Chaldee or


     Syriac). Probably Nahor's family originally spoke Aramaic, and
     Abraham and his descendants learned Hebrew, a kindred dialect,
     in the land of Canaan.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Galeed, the heap of witness