Galilaios · Galilean

What it means

Galilaios (Γαλιλαῖος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Galilean”.

From Galilee.

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A person from Galilee, the northern region where Jesus lived and taught.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Galilean ×5
• Galileans ×5
• Galilee ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×5
• John×1
• Acts×3

• Matthew 26:69

  Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

• Mark 14:70

  But he again was denying it. And after a little while again those standing by were saying to Peter, “Truly you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.”

• Luke 13:1

  Now there were present at that very time some who were reporting to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

• Luke 13:2

  And he answered and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were sinners more than all the other Galileans because they have suffered these things?

• Luke 22:59

  And after about one hour had passed, a certain other man kept insisting, saying, “In truth this man also was with him, for he is also a Galilean.”

• Luke 23:6

  And when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

• John 4:45

  So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they too had gone to the feast.

• Acts 1:11

  who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in this way, just as you saw him going into heaven.”

• Acts 2:7

  And they were astonished and amazed, saying, “Look, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

• Acts 5:37

  After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away people after him; he too perished, and all who obeyed him were scattered.

And 1 more times.