Gâlîyl — H1551

Definition

locative proper noun

Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine

1. Galilee = "circuit, district"
2. 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

Usually translated as

Galilee

Origin

or (prolonged) Gâlîylâh; the same as H1550; a circle (with the article)

• Same as Gâlîyl (H1550)

Greek equivalents

• Galilaía (G1056)

Occurrences

Gâlîyl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1)

• Joshua 20:7 — And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee (בַּגָּלִיל֙) in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
• Joshua 21:32 — And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee (בַּגָּלִ֤יל) with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
• 1 Kings 9:11 — (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee (הַגָּלִֽיל).
• 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee (הַגָּלִ֔ילָה), all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
• 1 Chronicles 6:76 — And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee (בַּגָּלִיל֙) with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.