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

AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca and Gilead have all made acquisitions in the space.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

One of the treatments, an antiviral called remdesivir made by US pharma firm Gilead, has been tested on humans for the Zaire Ebola strain, but not for Bundibugyo.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

“I had just seen him on TV, and it’s like, ‘What do you think about Celgene and Gilead in the biotech sector?’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Gilead returned to TAF in 2010, engaging in years of painstaking research and costly clinical trials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

People stood outside in the Balm of Gilead cemetery, to hear the service through the windows.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck