Strong's Number G1056

Γαλιλαία

Galilaia · gal-il-ah'-yah

Transliteration:

Galilaia{gal-il-ah'-yah}

Word Origin:

of Hebrew origin 1551

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine

Usage in the KJV:

Galilee 63

Total: 63
Occurs 61 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Galilee = "Circuit"

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.