גְלִילָה

Strong’s Definition

a circuit or region

Etymology & Derivation

feminine of H1550 (גָּלִיל);

KJV Usage

border, coast, country.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.(n f) circuit, boundary, territory
• 2.(n pr loc) a territory in naphtali largely occupied by heathen
• 3.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: gᵉlîylâh; Pronunciation: ghel-ee-law'