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H1551 - גָּלִיל - Gâlîyl - gaw-leel' - Galilee

Original: גָּלִיל

Transliteration: Gâlîyl

Phonetic: gaw-leel'

Short Definition: Galilee

Original: גּלילה גּליל

Transliteration: gâlı̂yl gâlı̂ylâh

Phonetic: gaw-leel'

BDB 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

Origin: the same as H1550

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location

Cognate: H1019, H1530, H1531, H1534, H1536, H1537, H1538, H1543, H1544, H1550, H1552, H1553, H1554, H1556, H1557, H1559, H1561, H1562, H1567, H4039

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