Gilead (tribal group)
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A region east of the Jordan river.
- in occasional use.
Quotations
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, 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?
- 1845 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
- Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!