H1551 H1551
Galilee; the northern district of Israel, a region associated with the nations and the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun
A geographical term derived from the Hebrew root meaning 'circuit' or 'district,' used exclusively as a proper name for the northern region of Israel known as Galilee. The area was home to a mixed population, earning the epithet 'Galilee of the nations' (Isa 9:1). All six occurrences refer to the same territory, appearing with the preposition 'in' and the definite article in formulaic phrases such as 'Kedesh in Galilee' (Josh 20:7; 1 Chr 6:76) and 'the land of Galilee' (1 Kgs 9:11).
Senses
1. Galilee (region) — The proper geographical name for the northern district of Israel, centered in the tribal territory of Naphtali. The Hebrew גָּלִיל literally means 'circuit' or 'ring,' reflecting the region's bounded, rolling terrain. All six biblical occurrences use prepositional forms ('in the Galilee'), as reflected in the multilingual glosses: Spanish 'en-Galilea,' English 'in-the-Galilee.' Key passages include the designation of Kedesh as a city of refuge 'in Galilee' (Josh 20:7) and Solomon's cession of twenty cities in 'the land of Galilee' to Hiram (1 Kgs 9:11). 6×
AR["الـ-جَلِيلِ", "جَلِيلَ", "في-الـ-جَليل", "فِي-الْجَلِيلِ", "ٱلْجَلِيلَ"]·ben["-গালীলে", "-গালীলের", "গালীল", "গালীলকে", "গালীলে"]·DE["[בגליל]", "[גליל]", "der-Galil", "der-Galilah", "in-der-Galil", "in-der-Galilee"]·EN["Galilee-of", "in-the-Galil", "in-the-Galilee", "the-Galil", "the-Galilah"]·FR["[בגליל]", "[גליל]", "dans-le-Galil", "dans-le-Galilee", "le-Galil", "le-Galilah"]·heb["ב-גליל", "ב-ה-גליל", "גליל", "ה-גלילה", "הַ-גָּלִיל"]·HI["-में-गलील", "गलील", "गलील-के", "गलील-में", "हग्गालीलाह"]·ID["Galilea", "di-Galilea"]·IT["[בגליל]", "[גליל]", "il-Galil", "il-Galilah", "in-il-Galil", "in-il-Galilee"]·jav["Galilea", "Galiléa", "ing-Galilèa", "ing-Galiléa", "wonten-ing-Galiléa"]·KO["갈릴리", "갈릴리-를", "갈릴리에서-", "그-갈릴리의", "에-갈릴리-에서"]·PT["Galil-de", "a-Galileia", "em-Galil", "na-Galiléia", "o-Galil"]·RU["Галил", "Галилею", "Галиль", "в-Галилее"]·ES["Galil-de", "en-Galilea", "en-el-Galil", "la-Galilea"]·SW["Galilaya", "huko-Galilaya", "katika-ha-Galilaya"]·TR["-de-Galil", "Celile'de", "Celile'nin", "Celile'yi", "Galil"]·urd["جلیل", "جلیل-میں", "میں-گلیل", "گلیل", "گلیل-کی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. גָּלִיל n.m. cylinder, rod, circuit, district;— 1. cylinder, rod, only pl. cstr. גְּלִילֵי כֶסֶף Est 1:6 of support of rich hangings (‖ עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ); & גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Ct 5:14, sim. of (?fingers of) hands: cylinders of gold set with topaz. 2. circuit, district, on northern border of Israel, in Naphtali as n.pr.loc., population largely heathen (NH id. Aramaic…