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

Written in 1985, "The Handmaid's Tale" presents a totalitarian society known as Gilead in which fertile women are enslaved and sexually assaulted in order to bear children for the ruling class.

From Salon

Rwanda has received 5,100 vials of remdesivir, an antiviral drug from Gilead Science used to combat Ebola in the past, to help fight the virus.

From BBC

One wrong move and — boom! — we’re Gilead, the police state in “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times

Gilead Sciences recently completed a Phase 3 clinical trial of the therapeutic in more than 2,000 people who tested positive for COVID-19 but did not have risk factors for developing more severe disease and were not hospitalized.

From Science Daily

The study shares findings from an academic-corporate partnership between biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences and the Sheahan and Baric Labs at the Gillings School.

From Science Daily