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

Gilead may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

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, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Gilead, Nebraska, a village
Lake Gilead, New York, a reservoir
Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio

People with the name

Gilead Sher (born 1953), Israeli attorney, government official and peace negotiator
Gilead J. Wilmot (1834–?), American politician

Arts and entertainment

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

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 Book of Mormon

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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:
+{{toc right}}
+== Places ==
+===Australia===
+* [[Gilead, New South Wales]], a suburb of Sydney
+===United States===
-* [[Balm of Gilead]], a healing compound made from the resinous gum of ''Populus candicans''
+* [[Gilead, Connecticut]], a village in the town of Hebron
-* [[Balsam of Mecca]], also known as the balm balsam of Gilead, a resinous gum of the tree Commiphora gileadensis
+* [[Gilead, Illinois]], an unincorporated community
-* "[[There Is A Balm In Gilead]]", African-American spiritual song
+* [[Gilead, Indiana]], an unincorporated community
-* [[Gilead Sciences]], a biopharmaceutical based in Foster City, CA
+* [[Gilead, Maine]], a town
-* [[Gilead School]], Jehovah's Witnesses' missionary training program headquartered in Patterson, New York; officially chartered as Watchtower Bible School of Gilead
+** [[Former Gilead Railroad Station]], Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places
-* Gilead, a Jaredite military commander in the [[List of Book of Mormon people|Book of Mormon]]
-== Places ==
-;United States
-* [[Gilead, Indiana]]
-* [[Gilead, Maine]]
 * [[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]]
-* [[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''
-* [[Gilead (novel)|''Gilead'' (novel)]], by Marilynne Robinson, and the notional Iowa town where the novel is set
 * [[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 ==
+==Other uses==
-* [[Gilead Sciences]], biotech company based in Foster City, California
+* [[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]]
+==See also==
-{{disambig}}
+* [[Mount Gilead (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Ghilad]], a commune in Timiș County, Romania
+* [[Gilad (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Balm of Gilead (disambiguation)]]
+{{disambig|geo|given name}}
-[[fr:Gilead]]
+[[Category:Masculine given names]]
-[[it:Gilead]]
-[[pl:Gilead]]
-[[ru:Галаад (значения)]]
-[[vo:Gilead]]