Balm of Gilead (disambiguation)

Balm of Gilead may refer to:

Nature

• The Balm of Gilead was first mentioned in connection with Gilead, familiar from the Bible and from classical Greek and Latin texts, usually translated as "balm" or "balsam".
• Balsam of Mecca, resin and other products of the Arabian tree species Commiphora gileadensis (syn. Commiphora opobalsamum).
• Canada balsam, resin produced by the fir species Abies balsamea
• A common name for several plants that yield aromatic resin:
  • Cedronella canariensis, a shrubby herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to the Canary Islands and introduced elsewhere
  • Commiphora gileadensis, a shrub native to the Middle East, source of Balm of Gilead resin
  • Populus x jackii, a North American hybrid poplar tree, also called Populus x candicans or Populus x gileadensis.

The arts

• Balm in Gilead, 1965 play by Lanford Wilson
• "Balm in Gilead", song released and recorded by Karen Clark Sheard off of her 1997 debut album Finally Karen
• "There Is A Balm In Gilead", traditional African-American spiritual or hymn
• Balm in Gilead, 2009 musical album by Rickie Lee Jones
• "Is there balm in Gilead?", line from poem The Raven, in which the narrator asks if there is to be any healing over the loss of his love, Lenore. The bird replies in the negative.