Bible Names

Giloh: meaning of the name

Giloh means “he that rejoices; he that overturns.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Giloh in Hebrew and Greek

גִּלֹה H1542

Gilôh (ghee-lo') — Giloh, a place in Palestine

or (fully) גִּילֹה; from H1540 (גָּלָה); open;

Places named Giloh

Giloh in Scripture

“Giloh” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 15:51

    And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:

  • 2 Samuel 15:12

    And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.