Gilead (disambiguation)

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

Gilead may also refer to:

Places

Australia

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
  • 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

See also

  • Mount Gilead (disambiguation)
  • Ghilad, a commune in Timiș County, Romania
  • Gilad (disambiguation)
  • Balm of Gilead (disambiguation)
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