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Lexicon :: Strong's H1551 - gālîl

Aa
גָּלִיל
Transliteration
gālîl
Pronunciation
gaw-leel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גָּלִיל Gâlîyl, gaw-leel'; or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה Gâlîylâh; the same as H1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine:—Galilee.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H1551 in the following manner: Galilee (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H1551 in the following manner: Galilee (6x).

  1. Galilee = "circuit, district"

    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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּלִיל Gâlîyl, gaw-leel'; or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה Gâlîylâh; the same as H1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine:—Galilee.
STRONGS H1551: Abbreviations
† II. גָּלִיל noun masculine H1550 cylinder, rod, circuit, district; —
2. circuit, district, on northern border of Israel in Naphtali (see below), population largely heathen (Late Hebrew id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא, Hylg) — גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23; elsewhere =
proper name, of a location always with article Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:61 all קֶדֶשׁ בַּגּ׳; אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ 1 Kings 9:11, so also Greek Version of the LXX Joshua 12:23 (compare Di) for גִּלְגַּל which see; הַגָּלִ֫ילָה Galilee, 2 Kings 15:29 (|| אֶרֶ֖ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew§ 173 h n Sta§ 308 a 2 Ges§ 90 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

12:23; 20:7; 21:32

1 Kings

9:11

2 Kings

15:29

1 Chronicles

6:61

H1551

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Strong's Number H1551 matches the Hebrew גָּלִיל (gālîl),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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So they [fn]set H6942 apart H6942 Kedesh H6943 in [fn]Galilee H1551 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Naphtali H5321, and Shechem H7927 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, and Kiriath-arba H7153 (that is, Hebron H2275) in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Judah H3063.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321, they gave Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, Hammoth-dor H2576 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Kartan H7178 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054; three H7969 cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 had supplied H5375 Solomon H8010 with cedar H730 and juniper H1265 timber H6086 and gold H2091, [fn]satisfying all H3605 his desire H2656), that King H4428 Solomon H8010 then H227 gave H5414 Hiram H2438 twenty H6242 cities H5892 in the land H776 of Galilee H1551.

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In the days H3117 of Pekah H6492 king H4428 of Israel H3478, [fn]Tiglath-pileser H8407 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 and took H3947 Ijon H5859, Abel-beth-maacah H62, Janoah H3239, Kedesh H6943, Hazor H2674, Gilead H1568, and Galilee H1552, all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali H5321; and he led H1540 [fn]their populations into H1540 exile H1540 to Assyria H804.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - and from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321: Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, Hammon H2540 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Kiriathaim H7156 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054.

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[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164. In earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He will make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.

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