Original Word: גָּלִיל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: galil
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-leel')
Short Definition: Galilee II. גָּלִיל noun masculine cylinder, rod, circuit, district; —

1 cylinder, rod, only plural construct גְּלִילֵי כֶסֶף Esther 1:6 of support of rich hangings ("" עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ); & גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Songs 5:14, simile of (? fingers of) hands: cylinders of gold set with topaz.

2 circuit, district, on northern border of Israel in Naphtali (see below), population largely heathen (Late Hebrew id. Aramaic גְּלִילָא, ) — 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 ᵐ5 Joshua 12:23 (compare Di) for גִּלְגַּל q. v.; הַגָּלִ֫ילָה Galilee, 2 Kings 15:29 ("" אֶרֶ֖ נַפְתָּלִי) Ew^{§ 173 h n} Sta^{§ 308 a 2} Ges^{§ 90 f}.

Galilee

Or (prolonged) Galiylah {gaw-lee-law'}; the same as galiyl; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine -- Galilee.

see HEBREW galiyl

בַּגָּלִ֤יל בַּגָּלִיל֙ בגליל גְּלִ֖יל גליל הַגָּלִ֔ילָה הַגָּלִֽיל׃ הגליל׃ הגלילה bag·gā·lîl baggaLil baggālîl gə·lîl geLil gəlîl hag·gā·lî·lāh hag·gā·lîl haggaLil haggālîl haggaLilah haggālîlāhInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts