Gilead (disambiguation)

Gilead is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible.

Gilead may also refer to:

• Gilead, a Jaredite military commander in the Book of Mormon
• 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

Places

United States

• Gilead, Indiana
• Gilead, Maine
• Gilead Township, Michigan
• Gilead, Nebraska
• Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio
• Mount Gilead, Ohio
• Mount Gilead, North Carolina
• Mount Gilead, Virginia

Australia

• Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

Fictional places

• The Republic of Gilead, the setting of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale
• 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

Other uses

• Gilead Sciences, biotech company based in Foster City, California