Gilead

[gil-ee-uh d]

noun

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

Mount, a mountain in NW Jordan. 3596 feet (1096 meters).

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Contemporary Examples of gilead

Molina says Gilead is entitled to a return, but questions whether taxpayers should be paying so much of its acquisition costs.
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Kaiser Health News
February 28, 2014

Historical Examples of gilead

Gilead abode beyond Jordan, and why did Dan remain in ships?
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I
Francis Augustus Cox
"We shot two hedgehogs, too, up there at the balm o' Gilead hill," said Tom.
When Life Was Young
C. A. Stephens
And what is true of the land of Gilead is true of all lands bordering the Desert.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883
Various
The daughter of Egypt received a wound which no balm of Gilead could cure.
The Expositor's Bible
F. W. Farrar
There was no natural boundary on the east of Gilead and Bashan.
The Expositor's Bible:The Book of Numbers
Robert A. Watson

British Dictionary definitions for gilead

Gilead

noun

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

Gilead

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for gilead

Gilead

Biblical site (Gen. xxxi:21, etc.), traditionally from the name of a grandson of Manasseh, perhaps from Aramaic gal "heap of stones."