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词条 Gilead (disambiguation)
释义

  1. Places

     Australia  United States 

  2. People with the name

  3. Arts, entertainment, and media

     Fictional places  Literature  Music 

  4. Biology

  5. Organizations and enterprises

  6. See also

Gilead (Hebrew: {{Hebrew|גלעד}}) is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible.

Gilead may also refer to:

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Places

Australia

  • Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

United States

  • Gilead, Connecticut
  • Gilead, Indiana
  • Gilead, Iowa
  • Gilead, Maine
  • Gilead Township, Michigan
  • Gilead, Missouri
  • Gilead, Nebraska
  • Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio

People with the name

  • Gilead, a Jaredite military commander in the Book of Mormon
  • Ghil'ad Zuckermann
  • Gilad Erdan
  • Gilad Shalit

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional places

  • Gil'ead, a city in the kingdom of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon
  • Gilead, the fictional birthplace of Roland Deschain in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels
  • Republic of Gilead, the fictional theocratic nation which replaces the United States in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale

Literature

  • Gilead (novel), the 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson's 2004 novel, titled after its fictional setting in the town of Gilead, Iowa
  • Gilead is mentioned in verse 15 of Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem, The Raven

Music

  • "There Is a Balm in Gilead", an African-American spiritual song

Biology

  • Balm of Gilead, a healing compound made from the resinous gum of Populus candicans
  • Balsam of Mecca, also known as the balm of Gilead, a resinous gum of the tree Commiphora gileadensis

Organizations and enterprises

  • Gilead Sciences, an American biopharmaceutical company based in California
  • Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, Jehovah's Witnesses' missionary training program in New York state, aka the Gilead School

See also

  • Ghil'ad (disambiguation)
  • Ghilad, a commune in Timiș County, Romania
  • Gilad (disambiguation)
  • Mount Gilead (disambiguation)
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