Galilee
ΓαλιλαίαStrong’s G1056Galilaia
Appears in 61 verses of the New Testament
In short
Galilaia is the Greek word usually translated “galilee”. It appears in 61 verses of the New Testament.
“But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:”
Meaning
Usually translated “galilee”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- galilee 43
- of galilee 19
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 16
- John 16
- Luke 14
- Mark 12
- Acts 3
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
- Matthew 4:12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- Matthew 4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
- Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matthew 4:25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
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Greek dictionary
Γαλιλαία Galilaia · Galilee
Γαλιλαία, -ας, ἡ (Heb. הַגָּלִיל, the circle, district), Galilee, the name of the northern region of Palestine in NT times: Γ. τῶν ἐθνῶν, Mat.4:15 (LXX); θάλασσα τῆς Γ., Mat.15:29 (cf. Jhn.6:1). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.