The meaning of “גָּלִיל”
Understanding Gâlîyl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה Gâlîylâh (gaw-lee-law'); the same as גָּלִיל; a circle (with the article) Galilee. - § Galilee ...
גָּלִיל
or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה Gâlîylâh (gaw-lee-law'); the same as גָּלִיל; a circle (with the article) Galilee. - § Galilee = "circuit, district" - Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 21:32 | “And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.” Word: גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl) | |
| 1 Kings 9:11 | “(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.” Word: גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl) | |
| 2 Kings 15:29 | “In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.” Word: גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl) | |
| 1 Chronicles 6:76 | “And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.” Word: גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl) | |
| Isaiah 9:1 | “Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.” Word: גָּלִיל (Gâlîyl) |
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