Gilead As A Location
In addition to being used as the name of a person, Gilead is also used as the name for a location in various parts of the Bible. The first time it is used in the Bible is called "the mountain of Gilead." Later it is just called "Gilead," or the "land of Gilead." According to Easton's Bible Dictionary, all three of these expressions refer to a region in Transjordan, approximately 20 by 60 miles in area. The cities of Gilead, according to Numbers 32, were inhabited by the tribes of Gad and Reuben after the Israelite invasion of Transjordan, after the expulsion of the native Amorites.
In addition to the references to Gilead as a "land" or "mountain," Gilead is called a city in Hosea 6:8: "Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood."
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Famous quotes containing the word gilead:
“There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole
There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sinsick soul.”
—African-American hymn-writer. “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” l. 1-2.