Strongs Number: H1551
- Hebrew Word
- גָּלִיל
- Transliteration
- Gâlîyl
- Phonetic
- gaw-leel'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Location
- Strongs Definition
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a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine
- BDB Definition
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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
- Origin
- The same as H1550
- Bible Usage
- Galilee.