galilee

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English - Turkish
{i} kilise giriş salonu [İng.]
{i} kilise avlusu [İng.]
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kilise giriş salonu
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English - English
The Sea of Galilee
A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel
A narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastical building
In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry
an area in northern Israel in which the main city is Nazareth. It is best known from the New Testament of the Bible as the place where Jesus lived and taught. Hebrew Ha-galil Northernmost region of biblical and modern Israel. It contains two of the four holy cities of Judaism, Tiberias and Zefat. It was the boyhood home of Jesus Christ and the setting for much of his ministry. It became the centre of Jewish scholarship after the destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70). In the modern era, the first wave of Jewish immigrants settled there (1882). The first kibbutz, Deganya, was established in 1909 on the shore of Lake Tiberias, through which flows the Jordan River
{i} area in northern Israel; Sea of Galilee (lake in northern Israel)
A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service
the northern province
Area north of Judeah, cut-off by non-Jews and Samaritans
From the Hebrew term Galil ha-goyim, meaning "circle of Gentiles," the name given northern Palestine lying west of the Jordan, an area originally assigned to the tribes of Ashur, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who failed to evict the Canaanites living there (Josh 19; Judg 1, 4, 5) The region where Jesus grew up (Matt 2: 23; Luke 2), Galilee was then under Roman control but administered by the tetrarch Herod Antipas (4 b c e -39 c e ) (Luke 23: 5-7)
a vestibule or occasionally a chapel, originally for penitents and usually at the west end of a church
Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals
The northern part of Palestine, specifically the territories north and west of the Sea of Galilee
an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
Galilee was the northern province of Roman-occupied Palestine It spanned the country from the river Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea This is the region where Jesus was brought up in the town of Nazareth The river Jordan flows through the Sea of Galilee, where some of the disciples of Jesus fished, and then down to the Dead Sea

Related Terms

Galilee panhandle
narrow strip of land in the northern region of Israel extending into Lebanon
Sea of Galilee
A lake in northern Israel, located about fifteen miles northeast of the ancient city of Nazareth
Lower Galilee
area of land in northern Israel
Sea of Galilee
large lake in northeast Israel through which the Jordan river flows
Upper Galilee
region located in northern Israel
Western Galilee
hilly region in the western part of the Galilee (Israel)
operation "Peace for Galilee"
military campaign titled "Peace for Galilee
the Sea of Galilee
a lake in northeast Israel through which the River Jordan flows. It is mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible
galilee

    Hyphenation

    gal·i·lee

    Turkish pronunciation

    gälıli

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgaləˌlē/ /ˈɡæləˌliː/

    Etymology

    () From Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία from Hebrew הגליל (hagalil).
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