Galilee

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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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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)

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Operation Hiram location Galilee
this entity surface form: Upper Galilee
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah neighboringRegion Galilee
subject surface form: as-Sāmirah
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah neighboringRegion Galilee
subject surface form: as-Sāmiriyyah
Highway 60 passesThrough Galilee
Operation Yiftach location Galilee
this entity surface form: Upper Galilee
Operation Dekel location Galilee
Operation Dekel location Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Nazareth Illit partOf Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Nazareth, Israel locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Nazareth, Israel locatedIn Galilee
Coele-Syria hasSubregion Galilee
Nof HaGalil locatedInRegion Galilee
Haifa (via Israeli road network) connectedTo Galilee
this entity surface form: Galilee region
Haifa (via Israeli road network) connectedTo Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Haifa (via Israeli road network) connectedTo Galilee
this entity surface form: Upper Galilee
Esdraelon Plain locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee region
Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Nazareth Mountains region partOf Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Nazareth Mountains region nearbyRegion Galilee
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee region
Har Tavor locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Har Tavor overlooks Galilee
this entity surface form: Galilee region
Church of the Transfiguration locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Daburiyya locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Daburiyya region Galilee
Daburiyya locatedInHistoricRegion Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Julias nearbyRegion Galilee
el-Araj locatedIn Galilee
Gaulanitis borders Galilee
Chorazin locatedIn Galilee
Chorazin category Galilee
this entity surface form: Towns of Galilee
Kfar Tavor locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Lower Galilee
Kfar Tavor partOfRegion Galilee
Tabgha partOf Galilee
Tel Dan locatedIn Galilee
this entity surface form: Upper Galilee
Kfar Nahum partOf Galilee