Lexicon / H1552
גְלִילָה
ge.li.lah
  • border
  • circuit
  • boundary
  • territory
  • Galilee

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: border

1) circuit, boundary, territory

Galilee = "circuit, district"

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: circuit; boundary; territory; Galilee

Root √גלל: גָּלַל vb roll roll away Qal roll a stone Niph roll roll up along . or Pilp and I will roll thee down from .the rocks Pō‛al garment rolled in blood (dabbed, rolled over and over). Hithpo roll oneself over and over . Hithpalp . cf. Hithpo. Hiph roll away .stone from upon mouth of well .

גְלִילָה n.f n.pr.loc circuit boundary territory Galilee . ; as.