Gilead

E89405

biblical region historical region

Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gilead canonical	31
Gilead (part)	1
Town of Gilead	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
appearsIn	ancient Near Eastern texts ⓘ
associatedWith	Israelites ⓘ surface form: Israelite tribes half-tribe of Manasseh ⓘ tribe of Gad ⓘ tribe of Reuben ⓘ
borderedBy	Ammon ⓘ Bashan ⓘ Moab ⓘ
etymologyLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
governedBy	Israelite monarchy at various times ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Gilʿad ⓘ surface form: Galaad
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Gilʿad ⓘ
hasBiblicalSymbolism	healing ⓘ “balm of Gilead” ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
hasStrategicRole	military frontier ⓘ trade route corridor ⓘ
hasTerrain	hill country ⓘ plateau ⓘ
knownFor	fertile highlands ⓘ strategic location ⓘ wooded landscape ⓘ
languageContext	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew
locatedEastOf	Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn	Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan
mentionedIn	1 Kings ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Kings Book of 2 Kings ⓘ Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges Book of Numbers ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
notableFor	balm production in biblical tradition ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ surface form: ancient Near East
presentIn	Jordan ⓘ surface form: modern Jordan
referredToAs	mountainous region ⓘ
religiousSignificance	part of Promised Land in biblical tradition ⓘ
sceneOf	biblical battles ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hasmonean dynasty → expandedTerritoryTo → Gilead ⓘ

The Handmaid's Tale → setInFictionalCountry → Gilead ⓘ

The Testaments → setting → Gilead ⓘ

Plantation No. 1 → followedBy → Gilead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Gilead

Transjordanian territories of Israel → subregion → Gilead ⓘ

Jerash → region → Gilead ⓘ

Song of Deborah → mentionsTribe → Gilead ⓘ

Jair → governedTerritory → Gilead ⓘ

Jair → regionAssociatedWith → Gilead ⓘ

Ish-bosheth → reignedOver → Gilead ⓘ

Aunt Lydia → affiliation → Gilead ⓘ

Agnes Jemima → fictionalUniverse → Gilead ⓘ

Agnes Jemima → settingOfLife → Gilead ⓘ

Commander Judd → fictionalUniverse → Gilead ⓘ

Commander Judd → countryOfCitizenship → Gilead ⓘ

Nicole → setInFictionalWorld → Gilead ⓘ

Commander Joseph Lawrence → affiliation → Gilead ⓘ

Commander Joseph Lawrence → residence → Gilead ⓘ

Tribe of Gad → regionIncludes → Gilead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilead (part)

Tribe of Manasseh → father → Gilead ⓘ

subject surface form: Manasseh

Tribe of Manasseh → territoryIncluded → Gilead ⓘ

Marilynne Robinson → notableWork → Gilead ⓘ

Psalm 108 → containsGeographicalReferences → Gilead ⓘ

Jephthah → residence → Gilead ⓘ

Jephthah → father → Gilead ⓘ

Galeed → locatedIn → Gilead ⓘ

Galeed → relatedTo → Gilead ⓘ

Mizpah → locatedIn → Gilead ⓘ

Og king of Bashan → kingdomRegion → Gilead ⓘ

subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan

Bashan → borderedBy → Gilead ⓘ

Deuteronomy 34 → mentionsPlace → Gilead ⓘ

Gilʿad → variantName → Gilead ⓘ

Vezot Haberakhah → mentionsLocation → Gilead ⓘ