Galil means “Galilee” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1551 — ekdechomai (“expect”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1551 גָּלִיל גָּלִילָה (Galiyl) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Galiyl (gaw-leel') (or (prolonged) Galiylah {gaw-lee-law'}) n/l. 1. a circle (with the article) 2. Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Israel It has 6 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include israel. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Galiyl (gaw-leel') (or (prolonged) Galiylah {gaw-lee-law'}) n/l. 1. a circle (with the article) 2. Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Israel [the same as H1550] KJV: Galilee. Root(s): H1550
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Galilee
Usage: § Galilee = "circuit, district" 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Galiyl, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1551.
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
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Galil (Strong's H1551) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Galilee". Galiyl (gaw-leel') (or (prolonged) Galiylah {gaw-lee-law'}) n/l. 1. a circle (with the article) 2. Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Israel
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H1551 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1551 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as israel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.