Galilee
pronunciation
How to pronounce Galilee in British English:
UK ['gælɪliː]
How to pronounce Galilee in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
Word Origin
- Galilee
- "northernmost province of Palestine," late 12c., from Latin Galilaea, Greek Galilaia, with place-name element + Hebrew Haggalil, literally "The District," a compressed form of Gelil haggoyim "the District of Nations" (see Isa. viii:23). The adjective Galilean, also Galilaean, is used both of Jesus, who was raised and began preaching there, and his followers (1610s), who was born there, and of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1727); the family name is from one of its ancestors, Galileo de'Bonajuti, a prominent 15th century physician and civic leader in Florence, and represents Latin Galilaeus "Galilean." Galilean also figures as the word applied to early Christians among the pagans and Jews. Old and Middle English had Galileish
Example
- 1. He said this , and then stayed on in galilee .
- 2. He left judea and went back to galilee .
- 3. The next day , jesus decided to go to galilee .
- 4. The messiah will not come from galilee !
- 5. Jesus left , and went to galilee .