Gilead or Gilad (UK: /ˈɡɪliæd/, US: /ˈɡɪliəd/;[1][2] Hebrew: גִּלְעָד Gilʿāḏ, Arabic: جلعاد, Ǧalʻād, Jalaad) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan.

[4] Gilead is situated in modern-day Jordan, corresponding roughly to the Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash and Balqa Governorates.

The name Gilead first appears in the biblical account of the last meeting of Jacob and Laban (Genesis 31:21–22).

After the two kings were defeated, the region of Gilead was allotted by Moses to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the eastern half of Manasseh (Deuteronomy 3:13; Numbers 32:40).

King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria established the province of Gal'azu (Gilead) c. 733 BCE.