What does Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos) mean in the Bible?
Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos) is a Greek word meaning "Galilean or belonging to Galilea".
Greek · G1057
Γαλιλαῖος
Galilean or belonging to Galilea
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Γαλιλαῖος G1057
Pronunciation Galilaîos
What does Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos) mean in the Bible?
Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos) is a Greek word meaning "Galilean or belonging to Galilea".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1057?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Galileans (4), a Galilean (3), Galilean (2), [other] Galileans (1), of Galilee (1).
Where does Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:69. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (5), Acts (3), John (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Galileans 4× Luke 13:1, Luke 13:2, John 4:45, Acts 2:7
a Galilean 3× Mark 14:70, Luke 22:59, Luke 23:6
Galilean 2× Matthew 26:69, Acts 5:37
[other] Galileans 1× Luke 13:2
of Galilee 1× Acts 1:11
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:69 Γαλιλαίου to Galilean Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Mark 14:70 Γαλιλαῖος to a Galilean Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 13:1 Γαλιλαίων to Galileans Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Luke 13:2 Γαλιλαῖοι to Galileans Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 13:2 Γαλιλαίους to [other] Galileans Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 22:59 Γαλιλαῖός to a Galilean Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 23:6 Γαλιλαῖός to a Galilean Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular John 4:45 Γαλιλαῖοι to Galileans Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 1:11 Γαλιλαῖοι to of Galilee Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural Acts 2:7 Γαλιλαῖοι to Galileans Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:69
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 5 John 1 Acts 3
Source forms
Γαλιλαῖοι 4x Galilaioi Luke 13:2, John 4:45, Acts 1:11, Acts 2:7
Γαλιλαῖος 2x Galilaios Mark 14:70, Acts 5:37
Γαλιλαῖός 2x Galilaios Luke 22:59, Luke 23:6
Γαλιλαίου 1x Galilaiou Matthew 26:69
Γαλιλαίους 1x Galilaious Luke 13:2
Γαλιλαίων 1x Galilaiōn Luke 13:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 4x Mark 14:70, Luke 22:59, Luke 23:6, Acts 5:37
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x Luke 13:2, John 4:45, Acts 2:7
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 13:2
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Luke 13:1
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 26:69
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 1:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Galilean or belonging to Galilea
Strong's G1057
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 6 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:1-9 Source Gloss
Galilean or belonging to Galilea
Extended definition
:--Galilean, of Galilee.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:69 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Γαλιλαίου. galilaiou
a Galilean
Read verse Mark 14:70 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Γαλιλαῖος galilaiov
a Galilean
Read verse Luke 13:1 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
Γαλιλαίων, galilaiwn
a Galilean
Read verse Luke 13:2 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
Γαλιλαῖοι galilaioi
a Galilean
Read verse Luke 13:2 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
Γαλιλαίους galilaiouv
a Galilean
Read verse Luke 22:59 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Γαλιλαῖός galilaiov
a Galilean
Read verse Luke 23:6 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Γαλιλαῖός galilaiov
a Galilean
Read verse John 4:45 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
Γαλιλαῖοι, galilaioi
a Galilean
Read verse Acts 1:11 Noun Plural Masculine
Γαλιλαῖοι, galilaioi
a Galilean
Read verse Acts 2:7 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
Γαλιλαῖοι; galilaioi
a Galilean
Read verse Acts 5:37 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Γαλιλαῖος galilaiov
a Galilean
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 14:70 · Luke 22:59 · Luke 23:6 · Acts 5:37 4×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 13:2 · John 4:45 · Acts 2:7 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 26:69 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 13:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 13:2 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 1:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
People from Galilee whose blood Pilate shed, identifying regional origin and status
Showing 1 selected witness from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
Γαλιλαῖος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain