A name from Scripture
Gilead
GIL-ee-ad
Meaning
Hill of testimony; Rocky region
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis
What it points to
Gilead promises healing — there IS a balm, there IS a Physician, and every wound of the soul can find remedy in God.
Verses · King James Version
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
Jeremiah 8:22
“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.”
Genesis 31:21