Gilead (disambiguation)

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

Gilead may also refer to:

Places

Australia

United States

People with the name

Arts and entertainment

  • 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 totalitarian theocratic nation in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale
  • Gilead (novel), a 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson
  • Gilead, a novelette by Zenna Henderson in her Ingathering series

Other uses

See also

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