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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H1551 - Galilee

Strong's No.:H1551

Hebrew:גָּלִיל

Transliteration:Gâlîyl

Phonetic:gaw-leel'

Word Origin:The same as H1550

Bible Usage:Galilee.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Location

Strongs
Definition:

a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Galilee = "circuit, district"

1. a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem


Bible References:
Galilee

Translation
Occurrences:
Galilee ( 6 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.