Strong's Number H1551

גָּלִיל

Galiyl · gaw-leel'

Transliteration:

Galiyl{gaw-leel'}or (prolonged) Galiylah{gaw-lee-law'}

Word Origin:

the same as 1550

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine

Usage in the KJV:

Galilee 6

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Galilee = "circuit, district"

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