גְלִילָהgᵉlîylâh

circuit, boundary, territory, as proper name [of a location] Galilee (Ezekiel 47:8; Joshua 13:2; Joshua 22:10; Joshua 22:11; Joel 4:4)

Pronunciation: ghel-ee-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1552

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 13:2 This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
  • Joshua 22:10 But while they were still in Canaan, and when they came to a place called Geliloth near the Jordan River, the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh stopped to build a large and imposing altar.
  • Joshua 22:11 The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of the Jordan River.
  • Ezekiel 47:8 Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea. The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.
  • Joel 3:4 “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).