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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1551 - גָּלִילָה

Transliteration

Gâlîyl

Phonetics

gaw-leel', gaw-lee-law'

Origin

the same as (H1550)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun, proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' 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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

CSB (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

ESV (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

KJV (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

LEB (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

LSB (7)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

N95 (7)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

NAS (7)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. גָּלִיל noun masculine cylinder, rod, circuit, district; —

1 cylinder, rod, only plural construct גְּלִילֵיכֶסֶף Esther 1:6 of support of rich hangings ("" עַמּוּדֵישֵׁשׁ); & גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Song of Solomon 5:14, simile of (? fingers of) hands: cylinders of gold set with topaz.

2 circuit, district, on northern border of Israel in Naphtali (see below), population largely heathen (Late Hebrew id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא, ) — גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23; elsewhere =

proper name, of a location always with article Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:61 all ׳קֶדֶשׁ בַּגּ; ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ 1 Kings 9:11, so also ᵐ5 Joshua 12:23 (compare Di) for גִּלְגַּל q. v.; הַגָּלִ֫ילָה Galilee, 2 Kings 15:29 ("" אֶרֶ֖ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew^{§ 173 h n} Sta^{§ 308 a 2} Ges^{§ 90 f}.

List of Word Forms

בַּגָּלִ֤יל בַּגָּלִיל֙ בגליל גְּלִ֖יל גליל הַגָּלִ֔ילָה הַגָּלִֽיל׃ הגליל׃ הגלילה bag·gā·lîl baggaLil baggālîl gə·lîl geLil gəlîl hag·gā·lî·lāh hag·gā·lîl haggaLil haggālîl haggaLilah haggālîlāh