King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1551
Transliteration: galil
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-leel')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district in Palestine
Meaning: Galilee -- a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district in Palestine
Word Summary
galil: a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district in Palestine
Original Word: גָּלִילTransliteration: galil
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-leel')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district in Palestine
Meaning: Galilee -- a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district in Palestine
Strong's Concordance
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1551. galil
II. גָּלִיל noun masculine cylinder, rod, circuit, district; —
1 cylinder, rod, only plural construct כֶסֶף גְּלִילֵי Esther 1:6 of support of rich hangings ("" שֵׁשׁ עַמּוּדֵי); & בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ מְמֻלָּאִים זָהָב גְּלִילֵי Song of Solomon 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, ) — הַגּוֺיִם גְּלִיל Isaiah 8:23; elsewhere =
proper name, of a location always with article Joshua 20:7; 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:61 all בַּגּ ׳קֶדֶשׁ; הַגּ ׳אֶרֶץ 1 Kings 9:11, so also ᵐ5 Joshua 12:23 (compare Di) for גִּלְגַּל q. v.; הַגָּלִ֫ילָה Galilee, 2 Kings 15:29 ("" נַפְתָּלִי אֶרֶ֖) Ew§ 173 h n Sta§ 308 a 2 Ges§ 90 f.