Bible Dictionary

Jegar-sahadutha

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 …

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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.).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & 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.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

heap of witness