A-Z: General definitions
- Gabriel
- Gaia
- Galilee
- Galileo
- Garden
- Garden of Eden
- Gates of Hell
- Gay Pride
- Gaza Strip
- Gehenna
- Gender neutral pronouns
- General Strike
- Generation of Vipers
- Generic term
- Genesis
- Geneva Bible
- Genre
- Gentile
- Gentiless
- Gentils
- Gentry
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- George Byron
- George Eliot
- George Herbert
- George Orwell
- George V
- George VI
- Georgian poet
- German line
- Geryon
- Get thee behind me
- Gethsemane
- Gideon
- Gift of Tongues
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Gig
- Gilbertines
- Gilead
- Girandole
- Glass (mirror)
- Glean
- Glebe
- Globe Theatre
- Gloria
- Gloria in Excelsis
- Gloriana
- Glory
- Glossa Ordinaria
A-Z: General definitions: Galilee
Definition
Lake and area in northern Israel, home of Jesus and many of his disciples, and scene of much of his ministry.
The Old Testament frequently refers to Israel as the Promised Land allocated to God's children. Prophecies refer to it as his chosen nation and the one out of which the Messiah would come.
The name given to the man believed by Christians to be the Son of God. Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded most fully in the Four Gospels.
1. Term meaning learner or follower.
2. Used in the New Testament in particularly of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
3. Now applied more generally to all Christians.
Work or acts of service performed for God and other people.
