Galilee

E10774

geographical region region

Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Galilee canonical	176
Lower Galilee	53
Upper Galilee	18
Galilee region	13
Western Galilee	11
Lower Galilee region	8
Sea of Galilee region	8
Northern Israel	3
Galilee and Carmel regions in northern Israel	1
Galilee area	1
Galilee of the nations	1
Galilee to the north	1
Hellenistic-Roman Galilee	1
Lower Galilee fringe	1
Lower Galilee region (broadly defined)	1
Nazareth region	1
Ottoman Galilee	1
Roman province of Galilee	1
Towns of Galilee	1
located in Lower Galilee	1
northeastern Israel	1
northern Palestine	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ region ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostles ⓘ surface form: Apostles of Jesus Jesus Christ ⓘ
borders	Jezreel Valley ⓘ Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Syria ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains	Bethsaida ⓘ surface form: Bethsaida (traditional location) Cana ⓘ Bethsaida ⓘ surface form: Magdala Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) ⓘ sites of many Gospel miracles ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
elevationFeature	hilly terrain ⓘ
governedAs	Northern District, Israel ⓘ surface form: Northern District of Israel (largely)
hasPart	Capernaum ⓘ Golan Heights ⓘ surface form: Golan Heights region (disputed adjacency) Sea of Galilee ⓘ surface form: Kinneret Valley Galilee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lower Galilee Mount Arbel ⓘ Mount Tabor ⓘ Nazareth ⓘ Safed ⓘ Sea of Galilee ⓘ Tiberias ⓘ Galilee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upper Galilee Galilee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Galilee
historicalRegionOf	Ancient Israel ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Ottoman Syria Judea ⓘ surface form: Roman Judea
language	Arabic ⓘ Aramaic (historically) ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Middle East ⓘ Northern District, Israel ⓘ surface form: Northern Israel
majorEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ religious pilgrimage ⓘ tourism ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gospels ⓘ surface form: Christian Gospels New Testament ⓘ
notableFor	diverse Jewish and Arab communities ⓘ
partOf	Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
primarySettingOf	Jesus Christ’s early ministry ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
waterBody	Sea of Galilee ⓘ surface form: Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret)

Referenced by (304)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Christ → associatedRegion → Galilee ⓘ

Tiberias → historicalRegion → Galilee ⓘ

Tiberias → region → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Safed → locatedInRegion → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Galilee

Nazareth → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Nazareth → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

Nazareth → historicRegion → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Galilee

Gospel of Mark → alternativePlaceOfComposition → Galilee ⓘ

British Mandate for Palestine → containsRegion → Galilee ⓘ

Druze → religiousCenterIn → Galilee ⓘ

Galilee → hasPart → Galilee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Galilee

Galilee → hasPart → Galilee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Galilee → hasPart → Galilee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Galilee

Sea of Galilee → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Israel

Sea of Galilee → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

Sea of Galilee → borderedBy → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Herod Antipas → countryRuled → Galilee ⓘ

Haifa → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee region (broadly defined)

Herodian period → location → Galilee ⓘ

Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → hasPlace → Galilee ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → expandedTerritoryTo → Galilee ⓘ

Herod the Great → governedTerritory → Galilee ⓘ

Northern District, Israel → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

Northern District, Israel → includesRegion → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Galilee

Northern District, Israel → includesRegion → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Tverya → locatedInRegion → Galilee ⓘ

Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) → associatedWithPlace → Galilee ⓘ

subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai

Mary Magdalene → associatedWith → Galilee ⓘ

Annunciation → takesPlaceIn → Galilee ⓘ

Holy Land → contains → Galilee ⓘ

Apostle Philip → basedIn → Galilee ⓘ

Apostle Matthew → associatedWith → Galilee ⓘ

French campaign in Syria → location → Galilee ⓘ

Nazareth Academic Institute → region → Galilee ⓘ

Nazareth Hospital (English Hospital) → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Nazareth Hospital (English Hospital) → servesPopulation → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galilee region

Nazareth Hospital (English Hospital) → regionServed → Galilee ⓘ

Mary’s Well → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

Mary’s Well → isTouristAttractionOf → Galilee ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

St. Joseph’s Church → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

St. Joseph’s Church → locatedInHistoricRegion → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Samaria → borders → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galilee to the north

Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue → region → Galilee ⓘ

Abuhav Synagogue → region → Galilee ⓘ

Basilica of the Annunciation → locatedIn → Galilee ⓘ

Nazareth Municipality → region → Galilee ⓘ

Nazareth Municipality → locatedInHistoricRegion → Galilee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Galilee

Nazareth Illit (Nof HaGalil) → locatedInRegion → Galilee ⓘ

subject surface form: Nazareth Illit