Galil גָּלִיל
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| גָּלִיל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | galil |
| Strong's number | H1550 (H1550A, H1550B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | turned |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Kings (1) |
Galil (Hebrew גָּלִיל, Strong's H1550) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “turned”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H1550A: turned
adj
turning, folding (of doors)
turning, folding (of doors)
H1550B: circuit
1) cylinder, rod
2) circuit, district (on northern border in Naphtali)
2) circuit, district (on northern border in Naphtali)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | folding (2), rings (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | folding (1), rings (1), are rods (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Galil, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 6:34And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
Esther
- Esther 1:6Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 5:14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).