גְלִילָה
gelila · region
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1552 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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gelila (גְלִילָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “region”.
District.
How to say it
ge·li·la
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
- A stretch of land, district.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- regions ×4
- region ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Joshua 13:2
This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites
- Joshua 22:10
And they came to the regions of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to be seen.
- Joshua 22:11
And the sons of Israel heard it said, “Look, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built the altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the regions of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 47:8
And he said to me, “This water goes out toward the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah, and will enter the sea; into the sea of the waters brought out, and the water will be healed.
- Joel 3:4
And also, what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back a recompense? And if you are repaying me, swiftly, speedily I will return your recompense on your head.