Γαλιλαία Galilaia

Greek word for “Galilee” · Strong’s G1056 · used 61 times in 60 verses

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Meaning

Γαλιλαία, -ας, ἡ (Heb.

Senses in the lexicon

• Galilee (56)
• (Sea of) Galilee (5)

How it is translated

Glosses given for Galilaia in context, with how often each is used:

• galilee 60
• galilee — 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 4 (6), Matthew 4 (5), Mark 1 (5), John 7 (4), Matthew 28 (3), Luke 23 (3), Luke 2 (2), Luke 4 (2), John 2 (2), Matthew 2 (1)

Forms

• Γαλιλαίας 37
• Γαλιλαίαν 17
• Γαλιλαίᾳ 6
• Γαλιλαία 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Galilaia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 14
• Ναζαρέθ Nazareth, Nazara “Nazareth” 5
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 7
• Ἰορδάνης Iordanēs “Jordan” 5
• ὅλος holos “all” 7
• Κανᾶ Kana “Cana” 4
• ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 6
• προάγω proagō “to go/bring before” 4
• πέραν peran “other side” 4
• μετά meta “with/after” 8
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 5
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 6

Key verses

The verses using Galilaia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:18 — And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
• Matthew 4:23 — And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of…
• Matthew 17:22 — And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
• Matthew 21:11 — And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
• Matthew 28:10 — Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
• Mark 3:7 — But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa,
• Luke 2:4 — And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house…
• Luke 3:1 — Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip…
• Luke 5:17 — And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of…
• Luke 23:5 — And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
• John 2:11 — This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
• Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.