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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.
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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

H1551

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they set apart 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 - In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:76

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn] But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.[fn]
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