Word: galilaia

Pronounce: gal-il-ah'-yah

Strongs Number: G1056

Orig: of Hebrew origin H1551 ; Galiloea (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine:--Galilee. H1551

Use: Noun Location

Heb Strong:

Galilee = "Circuit"

1) 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.