Lexical Definition

‎גְלִילָה‎ gᵉlîylâh (ghel-ee-law') border ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎גָּלִיל‎

border, coast, country.

• § Galilee = "circuit, district"
• a circuit or region

n f
1) circuit, boundary, territory
n pr loc
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

See Greek: ὅριον

Extended Information

• Galilee = "circuit, district"

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גְּלִילָה‎ noun feminine circuit, boundary, territory — ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Ezek 47:8 plural construct ‎גְּלִילוֺת‎ Josh 13:2; Josh 22:10; Josh 22:11; Joel 4:4* — belonging to a people ‎בָּלגְּֿלִילוֺת‎ ‎הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ Josh 13:2 compare Joel 4:4* (‎פְּ לָ֑שֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎כֹּל ג‎); so ‎הַיַּרְדֵּן‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Josh 22:10; Josh 22:11 according to some, but see following; absolute Ezek 47:8 ‎הַקַּדְמוֺנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎הַגּ‎; as proper name, of a location Galilee, ᵐ5 Γαλιλαια (|| ‎כֹּל אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִי‎) compare II. ‎גָּלִיל‎.

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