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Galilee = "Circuit"
a region north of Samaria in the time of Jesus (see map)
derivation: of Hebrew origin (01551)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=1056&version=kjv

(01551)
Galilee = "circuit, district"
derivation: the same as (01550)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1551&version=kjv

(01550)
1] turning, folding (of doors) n m
2] cylinder, rod
3] circuit, district (on northern border in Naphtali)
derivation: from (01556)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1550&version=kjv

(01556)
1] to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together
   1.a] (Qal) to roll
   1.b] (Niphal)
       1.b.1] to roll up
       1.b.2] to flow down
   1.c] (Polel) to roll
   1.d] (Poel) to be rolled
   1.e] (Hithpolel) to roll oneself
   1.f] (Hithpalel) to roll oneself
   1.g] (Hiphil) to roll away
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1556&version=kjv

Comment:
As mentioned above, one meaning of the word Galilee" is "circuit". The use of the word "Galilee", at least in some instances, may therefore be an allusion to the apparent path, or circuit of the Sun, Moon, and stars, or perhaps heaven in general. Paragraph 119-c is one very probable instance in which the use of the word "Galilee" is an allusion to the apparent circuit of the heaven instead of a reference to the literal Galilee. Another meaning of the word "Galilee" is the turning or folding of doors. The uses of the words "door" and "knock" and "open" and "close" in paragraphs 097-b, 101-g, 133-e, 062-d, and 062-e, may therefore also be allusions to the heaven, as the use of the word "open" in paragraph 009-b certainly is. Another interesting instance in which a sort of "door" was said to have been "opened " was mentioned in paragraph 132-g. The other meanings of Galilee and its roots are also food for thought, especially the meanings "cylinder" and "rod". The results of such contemplations will nevertheless not be mentioned here, lest this comment become a book unto itself.

Additional information:
According to http://members.bib-arch.org/, the territory which the Ten Tribes of Israel eventually occupied was later conquered by the Assyrians who deported almost everybody. The people from the coast of the Mediterranean eventually moved eastward into the territory from which the Ten Tribes of Israel had been largely deported. The northern portion of that territory eventually became known as Galilee.

A link to each occurrence of this word in the homepage:
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