Γαλιλαίας (Galilaias)

Γαλιλαίας 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 plural feminine noun or adjective.

Found 127 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Matthew 2.22: ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι Ἀρχέλαος βασιλεύει τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἡρῴδου ἐφοβήθη ἐκεῖ ἀπελθεῖν· χρηματισθεὶς δὲ κατʼ ὄναρ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας,

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.