ΓΑΛΕΙ, γαλει
GALEI, galei
Sounds Like: gah-lee-LAY-ah
Translations: Galilee
From the root: ΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of 'Galilee', a region in northern ancient Israel. It is frequently mentioned in the New Testament as the primary area of Jesus' ministry. The form 'ΓΑΛΕΙ' is likely a shortened or inflected form of 'Galilee', possibly due to elision or a specific case usage, or it could be a scribal abbreviation or variant spelling. In the provided context, it appears to refer to the region.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1056 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Joshua — 12:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΑΛΕΙΛΑΙΑΝ — Galilee
- ΓΑΛΕΙΛΑΙΑΣ — of Galilee
- ΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑ — Galilee
- ΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑΝ — Galilee
- ΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑΣ — of Galilee
- ΓΑΛΙΛΕΑΣ — Galilean, a Galilean
- ΔΕΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑΝ — Galilee
- ΤΗΝΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑΝ — Galilee, the Galilee
- ΤΗΣΓΑΛΙΛΑΙΑΣ — of Galilee
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