Gilead

American  

[gil-ee-uhd] / ˈgɪl i əd /

noun

1. a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.

2. Mount, a mountain in NW Jordan. 3,596 feet (1,096 meters).

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Gilead ¹ British  

/ ˈɡɪlɪˌæd /

noun

1. a historic mountainous region east of the River Jordan, rising over 1200 m (4000 ft)

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Gilead ² British  

/ ˈɡɪlɪˌæd /

noun

1. Old Testament a grandson of Manasseh; ancestor of the Coileadites (Numbers 26: 29–30)

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Example Sentences

Notably, six of those 19 deals came from just two companies: Gilead Sciences and Eli Lilly, spanning cancer, autoimmune diseases and sleep disorders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Last fall Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $120 million upfront to Chinese biotech Pregene Biopharma, which can rapidly test therapies known as CAR-Ts like ones that Gilead is developing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

This is not the first time that Gilead has been accused of profiteering.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Gilead has so tightly limited access to the drug that millions of people at risk from HIV might not get it, according to Public Citizen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“Yes, and who remembers the schoolmaster of them early years, him whose final resting place is right outside in the Balm of Gilead graveyard? Who remembers the terrible Increase Whittlesey of blessed memory?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck