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Γαλιλαίαν (Galilaian)

Γαλιλαίαν is an Ancient Greek form of Γαλιλαῖος, meaning “Galilaios — a Galilean”.

It can also be a form of Γαλιλαία, “Galilaia — Galilee”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 78 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Matthew 4.12: Ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι Ἰωάνης παρεδόθη ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν.

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.