Galilaia · Galilee

What it means

Galilaia (Γαλιλαία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Galilee”.

The northern region of the land of Israel, beside the Lake of Gennesaret.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Galilee

  Today: northern Israel, around the Sea of Galilee

  The northern region of Israel, around the Sea of Galilee.

  Most of Jesus' ministry took place there; he taught, healed and called his disciples (Matt 4:23; Mark 1:14).

  Isaiah 9:1Matthew 4:23Mark 1:14Luke 4:14

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×16
• Mark×12
• Luke×13
• John×17
• Acts×3

• Matthew 2:22

  But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,

• Matthew 3:13

  Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be immersed by him.

• Matthew 4:12

  Now when he heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee.

• Matthew 4:15

  “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

• Matthew 4:18

  And walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

• Matthew 4:23

  And he went around in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

• Matthew 4:25

  And large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.

• Matthew 15:29

  And moving on from there, Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee; and going up onto the mountain, he was sitting there.

• Matthew 17:22

  And as they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the hands of men,

• Matthew 19:1

  And it happened when Jesus had finished these words that he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

• Matthew 21:11

  And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth of Galilee.”

• Matthew 26:32

  But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

• Matthew 27:55

  And there were there many women watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him;

• Matthew 28:7

  And go quickly and tell his disciples that ‘He has been raised from the dead, and look, he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ Look, I have told you.”

• Matthew 28:10

  Then Jesus says to them, “Do not be afraid; go, tell my brothers to go away to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

• Matthew 28:16

  Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

• Mark 1:9

  And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was immersed in the Jordan by John.

• Mark 1:14

  Now after John was handed over, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God

• Mark 1:16

  And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

• Mark 1:28

  And the report about him went out at once everywhere into all the surrounding region of Galilee.

• Mark 1:39

  And he went proclaiming in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and driving out the demons.

• Mark 3:7

  And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea

• Mark 6:21

  And an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and the commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

• Mark 7:31

  And again going out from the region of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis.

• Mark 9:30

  And going out from there, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know it;

• Mark 14:28

  But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

• Mark 15:41

  who, when he was in Galilee, used to follow him and serve him, and many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

• Mark 16:7

  But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.”

• Luke 1:26

  And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,

• Luke 2:4

  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

• Luke 2:39

  And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town, Nazareth.

• Luke 3:1

  Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

• Luke 4:14

  And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out through the whole surrounding region.

• Luke 4:31

  And he went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath.

• Luke 5:17

  And it happened, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting there Pharisees and teachers of the law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him for him to heal.

• Luke 8:26

  And they sailed down to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

• Luke 17:11

  And it happened, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

• Luke 23:5

  But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, and beginning from Galilee as far as here.”

• Luke 23:49

  And all his acquaintances stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, seeing these things.

• Luke 23:55

  And the women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

And 21 more times.