Gilead

[gil-ee-uhd]

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).

Gilead

¹

/ ˈɡɪlɪˌæd /

noun

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

Gilead

²

/ ˈɡɪlɪˌæd /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Last year June, the US drug company Gilead announced that a trial of its HIV drug Lenacapavir had a 100% success rate.

From BBC

Mr Kahlstrom's comments come just days after the Sunday Times reported that another drug company, Gilead Sciences, would not submit its breast cancer drug for assessment by Nice, blaming the UK for "undervaluing medicines".

From BBC

“If you are commander in Gilead, then you are by definition this toxic, poisonous force that needs to be rooted out from top to bottom.”

From Los Angeles Times

In her show, the slave slate known as Gilead is a veneer of perfection that’s fooling no one, “like a cake with a razor blade in it,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s meant to be the kinder, gentler version of Gilead and it has a deliberately beautiful, pristine sheen on the surface,” says co-showrunner Eric Tuchman.

From Los Angeles Times