Gᵉlîylâh — H1552

H1552 · Hebrew — גלילה

Pronunciation: ghel-ee-law'

Definition

locative proper noun

a circuit or region

  1. n f
  2. circuit, boundary, territory
  3. Galilee = "circuit, district"
  4. n pr loc
  5. 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

country, border, coast

Origin

feminine of H1550

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Gᵉlîylâh occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), Ezekiel (1), Joel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — G