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Lexicon :: Strong's H1551 - gālîl

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גָּלִיל
Transliteration
gālîl
Pronunciation
gaw-leel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גָּלִיל Gâlîyl, gaw-leel'; or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה Gâlîylâh; the same as H1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine:—Galilee.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H1551 in the following manner: Galilee (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H1551 in the following manner: Galilee (6x).
  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּלִיל Gâlîyl, gaw-leel'; or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה Gâlîylâh; the same as H1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine:—Galilee.
STRONGS H1551: Abbreviations
† II. גָּלִיל noun masculine H1550 cylinder, rod, circuit, district; —
2. circuit, district, on northern border of Israel in Naphtali (see below), population largely heathen (Late Hebrew id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא, Hylg) — 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 Greek Version of the LXX Joshua 12:23 (compare Di) for גִּלְגַּל which see; הַגָּלִ֫ילָה Galilee, 2 Kings 15:29 (|| אֶרֶ֖ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew§ 173 h n Sta§ 308 a 2 Ges§ 90 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

12:23; 20:7; 21:32

1 Kings

9:11

2 Kings

15:29

1 Chronicles

6:61

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1551 matches the Hebrew גָּלִיל (gālîl),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 -

So they set apart and consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber [from Lebanon] and gold as he desired), at that time King Solomon gave Hiram [fn]twenty cities in the land of Galilee (northern Israel).
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 -

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim with their pasture lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 -

But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish [for with judgment comes the promise of salvation]. In earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He will make them honored [by the presence of the Messiah], by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

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