Gilead (tribal group)
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Proper noun



  1. A region east of the Jordan river.
  2. in occasional use.

Quotations

  • 1611King 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?

  • 1845Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
    Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!
 
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