Word: LILB

Pronounce: gaw-leel'

Strong: H1551

Orig: or (prolonged) Galiylah \i gaw-lee-law'\i0\plain\f3\fs21\cf23 ; the same as 1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine:--Galilee. H1550

Use: Proper Name Location

Grk Strong: G1056

    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