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'''[[Gilead]]''' is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible.
'''[[Gilead]]''' (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|גלעד}}) is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible.


'''Gilead''' may also refer to:
'''Gilead''' may also refer to:
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* [[Balm of Gilead]], a healing compound made from the resinous gum of ''Populus candicans''
* [[Balsam of Mecca]], also known as the balm balsam of Gilead, a resinous gum of the tree Commiphora gileadensis
* "[[There Is A Balm In Gilead]]", African-American spiritual song
* [[Gilead Sciences]], a biopharmaceutical based in Foster City, CA
* [[Gilead School]], Jehovah's Witnesses' missionary training program headquartered in Patterson, New York; officially chartered as Watchtower Bible School of Gilead
*[[Gilead (novel)|''Gilead'' (novel)]], the 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson
* Gilead, a Jaredite military commander in the [[List of Book of Mormon people|Book of Mormon]]

== Places ==
== Places ==
===Australia===
'''United States'''
* [[Gilead, Indiana]]
* [[Gilead, New South Wales]], a suburb of Sydney

* [[Gilead, Maine]]
===United States===
* [[Gilead, Connecticut]], a village in the town of Hebron
* [[Gilead, Illinois]], an unincorporated community
* [[Gilead, Indiana]], an unincorporated community
* [[Gilead, Maine]], a town
** [[Former Gilead Railroad Station]], Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places
* [[Gilead Township, Michigan]]
* [[Gilead Township, Michigan]]
* [[Gilead, Nebraska]]
* [[Gilead, Missouri]], an unincorporated community
* [[Gilead, Nebraska]], a village
* [[Lake Gilead]], New York, a reservoir
* [[Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio]]
* [[Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio]]
* [[Mount Gilead, Ohio]]
* [[Mount Gilead, North Carolina]]
* [[Mount Gilead, Virginia]]


==People with the name==
'''Australia'''
* [[Gilead Sher]] (born 1953), Israeli attorney, government official and peace negotiator
* [[Gilead, New South Wales]], a suburb of Sydney
* [[Gilead J. Wilmot]] (1834–?), American politician


==Arts and entertainment==
'''Fictional places'''
* The [[Republic of Gilead]], the setting of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel ''The Handmaid's Tale''
* [[Gil'ead]], a city in the kingdom of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's novel ''Eragon''
* [[Gil'ead]], a city in the kingdom of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's novel ''Eragon''
* Gilead, birthplace of [[Roland Deschain]] in the ''The Dark Tower'' series of novels by Stephen King
* Gilead, the fictional birthplace of [[Roland Deschain]] in Stephen King's ''The Dark Tower'' series of novels
* [[Republic of Gilead]], the fictional totalitarian theocratic nation in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel ''The Handmaid's Tale''
* [[Gilead (novel)|''Gilead'' (novel)]], a 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson
* Gilead, a novelette by [[Zenna Henderson]] in her [[Ingathering:_The_Complete_People_Stories|Ingathering]] series

==Other uses==
* [[Gilead Sciences]], an American biopharmaceutical company based in California
* [[Watchtower Bible School of Gilead]], Jehovah's Witnesses' missionary training program in New York state, aka the Gilead School
* [[Gilead (tribal group)]], mentioned in the Bible
* Gilead, a Jaredite military commander in the [[List of Book of Mormon people|Book of Mormon]]


== Other uses ==
==See also==
* [[Mount Gilead (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gilead Sciences]], biotech company based in Foster City, California
* [[Ghilad]], a commune in Timiș County, Romania
* [[Gilad (disambiguation)]]
* [[Balm of Gilead (disambiguation)]]


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Latest revision as of 20:04, 24 June 2022

Gilead (Hebrew: גלעד‎) is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible.

Gilead may also refer to:

Places

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Australia

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United States

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People with the name

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Arts and entertainment

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  • Gil'ead, a city in the kingdom of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon
  • Gilead, the fictional birthplace of Roland Deschain in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels
  • Republic of Gilead, the fictional totalitarian theocratic nation in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale
  • Gilead (novel), a 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson
  • Gilead, a novelette by Zenna Henderson in her Ingathering series

Other uses

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See also

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