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

That is a fraction of the $11 billion Gilead paid for Kite Pharma to get into the same space.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Gilead Sciences’ investigational antiviral, obeldesivir, is predicted to be active against the Bundibugyo strain, a spokesperson said, and the company is working with global public-health authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

Bob was one of sixteen blacks who first integrated his high school in Mount Gilead, North Carolina, where my father was bom.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride