גָּלִיל

Strong’s Definition

Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

or (prolonged) גָּלִילָה; the same as H1550 (גָּלִיל); a circle (with the article);

KJV Usage

Galilee.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Gâlîyl; Pronunciation: gaw-leel'