Gelilah means “border” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1552 — ekdelos (“manifest”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1552 גְּלִילָה (gliylah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. gliylah (ghel-ee-law') n-f. 1. a circuit or region [feminine of H1550] It has 5 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include borders, country, and coasts. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
gliylah (ghel-ee-law') n-f. 1. a circuit or region [feminine of H1550] KJV: border, coast, country. Root(s): H1550
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1552. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
border
Usage: 1) circuit, boundary, territory Galilee = "circuit, district" 2) 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 gliylah, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1552.
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1552, grouped by book.
Gelilah (Strong's H1552) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "border". gliylah (ghel-ee-law') n-f. 1. a circuit or region [feminine of H1550]
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H1552 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1552 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as borders, country, and coasts. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.