jegar-sahadutha Summary and Overview
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jegar-sahadutha in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.).
jegar-sahadutha in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(heap of testimony), the Aramaean name given by Laban the Syrian to the heap of stones which he erected as a memorial of the compact between Jacob and himself. #Ge 31:47| Galeed, a "witness heap," which is given as the Hebrew equivalent, does not exactly represent Jegar-sahadutha.
jegar-sahadutha in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
JE'GAR-SAHADU'THA (heap of testimony), the Aramaean name of the stone memorial between Jacob and Laban. Gen 31:47. The Hebrew word "Galeed" does not exactly represent it.
jegar-sahadutha in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
="heap of witness." The Aramaic or Chaldee name given by the Syrian Laban to the stone heap commemorating his compact with Jacob, whereon they ate together. see GALEED , "a witness heap," the Hebrew name given by Jacob. The whole region was already "Gilead," i.e. hard rocky region, and Jacob made the word by a slight change to mark a crisis in his history (Genesis 31:44-55).