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    Gilead

    GIL-ee-ad

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Hill of testimony; Rocky region
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Gilead appears in the King James Bible, including Jeremiah 8:22.
    First appears in
    Genesis — The patriarchs
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Gilead promises healing — there IS a balm, there IS a Physician, and every wound of the soul can find remedy in God.
    King James verses
    • Jeremiah 8:22

      "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?"

    • Genesis 31:21

      "So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead."

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