Strong's #1056: Galilaia (pronounced gal-il-ah'-yah)
of Hebrew origin (1551); Galiloea (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine:--Galilee.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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Galilaia
Galilee = "Circuit"
1) the name of a region of northern Palestine, bounded on the north by Syria, on the west by Sidon, Tyre, Ptolemais and their territories and the promontory of Carmel, on the south by Samaria and on the east by the Jordan. It was divided into Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee.
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
Relation: of Hebrew origin H1551
Usage:
This word is used 63 times:
John 4:47: "out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and"
John 4:54: "out of Judea into Galilee."
John 6:1: "over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias."
John 7:1: "Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk"
John 7:9: "unto them, he abode still in Galilee."
John 7:41: "Shall Christ come out of Galilee?"
John 7:52: "thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for"
John 7:52: "look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet."
John 12:21: "which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying,"
John 21:2: "Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and"
Acts 9:31: "all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and"
Acts 10:37: "Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which"
Acts 13:31: "of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are"
