noun · feminine
galilaias
Strong’sG1056
Galilee
stem galilai-61 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Galilee, the name of the northern region of Palestine in New Testament times 134. The name comes from a Hebrew word meaning "the circle" or "district" 123. The phrase "Galilee of the nations/Gentiles" refers to this region, and "the sea of Galilee" refers to its lake 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Γαλιλαία, -ας, ἡ (Heb. הַגָּלִיל, the circle, district),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1056 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgal-il-ah'-yah
Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesGalilee.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Galilee, the name of the northern region of Palestine in NT times: Γ. τῶν ἐθνῶν,
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | galilaias1×Γαλιλαία | galilaiais |
| object accusative | galilaian17×Γαλιλαίαν | galilaiain |
| direct address vocative | galilaiar | galilaiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | galilaiau37×Γαλιλαίας | galilaiaiu |
| to, for dative | galilaia6×Γαλιλαίᾳ | galilaiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
galilaia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
61 occurrences, every one of them listed
galilaias“Galilee”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 4:15… Nefthalim, hodan thalassau, peran tou Iordanou, Galilaias teiu ethneiu,… of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles —
galilaian“Galilee”objectaccusative singular17×
Matthew 4:12… hoti Iōannos paradōita anachōrata eis tan Galilaian.… had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
Matthew 26:32… egerira min proagami vin eis tan Galilaian.… will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
Matthew 28:7… kai idou proagatō vin eis tan Galilaian, ekei auton horevi; idou legama vi.… is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See …
Matthew 28:10… adelfoi mu hina aperchaleia eis tan Galilaian, kakei min horeli.… tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
Matthew 28:16… de hendeka mathētois poreuila eis tan Galilaian eis tem orem hou tasseta autoi …Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
Mark 1:14… Iōannon erchata tos Iēsus eis tan Galilaian kērussarōntos tem euangeliem tou theou… arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
Mark 1:39… tain sunagōgain autoiu eis holan tan Galilaian kai teim daimoneim ekbalarōntos.So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving …
Mark 14:28… egerira min proagami vin eis tan Galilaian.… will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
Mark 16:7… Petro hoti Proagatō vin eis tan Galilaian; ekei auton horevi, kathōs legata vi.… is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just …
Luke 2:39… ton nomon kuriou, epistrefala eis tan Galilaian eis polan heautoiu Nazareth.… of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
Luke 4:14… ta dunamia teu pneumeu eis tan Galilaian. kai fēmas exerchata kata holau tau …Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit …
John 1:43Ta epaurion thelata exerchara eis tan Galilaian. kai heuriskatō Filippon kai legatō auto …… Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow …
John 4:3… Ioudaian kai aperchata palin eis tan Galilaian.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
John 4:43… duo hēmerain exerchata ekeithen eis tan Galilaian;After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
John 4:45“Galilee”hote oun erchata eis tan Galilaian, dechela auton tois Galilaiois, panteim horarēntois …Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great …
John 4:47… hēkatō ek tau Ioudaiau eis tan Galilaian aperchata pros auton kai erōtate hina …… Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to …
John 4:54… ercharantos ek tau Ioudaiau eis tan Galilaian.… performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
galilaiau“Galilee”of, belonging togenitive singular37×
Matthew 2:22… onarem anachōrata eis teim mereim tau Galilaiau,… he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
Matthew 3:13Tote paragenotō tos Iēsus apo tau Galilaiau epi ton Iordanon pros ton Iōannon …At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized …
Matthew 4:18Peripatarōntos de para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau horata duo adelfoin, Simōnon ton legorōnton …… was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called …
Matthew 4:25… akolouthala auto ochlois pollois apo tau Galilaiau kai Dekapoliau kai Hierosolumeiu kai Ioudaiau …… crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond …
Matthew 15:29… Iēsus erchata para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau, kai anabainarantos eis tem orem kathote …… Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a …
Matthew 19:1… toin logoin houtoin, metairata apo tau Galilaiau kai erchata eis teim horeim tau …… finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of …
Matthew 21:11… profētos Iēsus tos apo Nazareth tau Galilaiau.… Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Matthew 27:55… hotinais akolouthala to Iēso apo tau Galilaiau diakonarōntais auto;… distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
Mark 1:9… hēmerai erchata Iēsus apo Nazaret tau Galilaiau kai baptizita eis ton Iordanon hupo …… days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in …
Mark 1:16Kai paragarōntos para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau horata Simōnon kai Andreon ton adelfon …… was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother …
Mark 1:28… pantachou eis holan tan perichōran tau Galilaiau.… quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
Mark 3:7… thalassan; kai pollem plēthem apo tau Galilaiau akolouthata, kai apo tau Ioudaiau… accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
Mark 6:21… toi chiliarchoi kai toi prōtoi tau Galilaiau,… commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
Mark 7:31… dia Sidōnau eis tan thalassan tau Galilaiau ana mesem teiu horeiu Dekapoliau.… through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the …
Mark 9:30Kakeithen exercharantois paraporeuole dia tau Galilaiau, kai ouk thelate hina tinos gnōskateia;… on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone …
Luke 1:26… apo tou theou eis polan tau Galilaiau ha onomem Nazareth… angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
Luke 2:4Anabainata de kai Iōsēf apo tau Galilaiau ek polau Nazareth eis tan Ioudaian …… also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of …
Luke 3:1… Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou …… governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea …
Luke 4:31Kai katerchata eis Kafarnaoum polan tau Galilaiau. kai ate didaskarōntos autoin en tei …… down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began …
Luke 5:17… ale ercharēntois ek pantau kōmau tau Galilaiau kai Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm; kai dunamias …… Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of …
Luke 8:26… toiu Gerasēnoiu, hotinas atō antipera tau Galilaiau.… the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
Luke 17:11… autos dierchote dia mesem Samareiau kai Galilaiau.… He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
Luke 23:5… tau Ioudaiau, kai archerantos apo tau Galilaiau heōs hōde.… with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way …
Luke 23:49… gunaikais tais sunakoloutharōntais auto apo tau Galilaiau, horarōntais houteim.… women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these …
Luke 23:55… gunaikais, hotinais ale sunercharēntais ek tau Galilaiau auto, theasela tem mnēmeiem kai hōs …… who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb …
John 2:1… trita gamos geneta en Kana tau Galilaiau, kai ate tas mētēras tou Iēsu …… wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
John 2:11… sēmeiu tos Iēsus en Kana tau Galilaiau kai fanerata tan doxan autou, kai …… of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and …
John 4:46… oun palin eis tan Kana tau Galilaiau, hopou poiata tem hudem oinon. kai …… again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water …
John 6:1… tos Iēsus peran tau thalassau tau Galilaiau tau Tiberiadau.… other side of the Sea of Galilee ( that is, the Sea of Tiberias ).
John 7:41… de legale; Mē gar ek tau Galilaiau tos christos erchotō?… How can the Christ come from Galilee?
John 7:52… auto; Mē kai sis ek tau Galilaiau asō? eraunasar kai horasar hoti ek …“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and …
John 7:52… eraunasar kai horasar hoti ek tau Galilaiau profētos ouk egerotō.… that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
John 12:21… proserchala Filippo to apo Bēthsaida tau Galilaiau, kai erōtale auton legarōntois; Kurior, thelanō …… Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we …
John 21:2… kai Nathanaēl tos apo Kana tau Galilaiau kai tois tou Zebedaiou kai allosois …… called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two …
Acts 9:31… ekklēsas kata holau tau Ioudaiau kai Galilaiau kai Samareiau echate eirēnan oikodomorōntas, kai …Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of …
Acts 10:37… holau tau Ioudaiau, archerantos apo tau Galilaiau meta tem baptismem hem kērussata Iōannos,… has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
Acts 13:31… polloterain toi sunanabainarantoi auto apo tau Galilaiau eis Ierousalēm, hotinois nun alō marturois …… those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His …
galilaia“Galilee”to, fordative singular6×
Matthew 4:23Kai periagate en hola ta Galilaia, didaskarōntos en tai sunagōgai autoiu kai …Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the …
Matthew 17:22Sustreforōntoiu de autoiu en ta Galilaia legata autoi tos Iēsus; Mellatō tos …When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of …
Mark 15:41hais hote ate en ta Galilaia akolouthale auto kai diakonale auto, kai …… to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women …
Luke 24:6… lalata vi ēti arōntos en ta Galilaia,… you while He was still in Galilee:
John 7:1… houteim peripatate tos Iēsus en ta Galilaia, ouk gar thelate en ta Ioudaia …After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel …
John 7:9… de legarantos autos menata en ta Galilaia.Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.