galilee 
gali·lee (gal′ə lē′)
noun
Etymology: ME galilie < ML galilaea < L Galilaea, Galilee: ? because, being at the less sacred western end, it was compared with the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles”
Gali·lee (gal′ə lē′)
- region of N Israel
- lake in NE Israel, on the Syrian border: c. 13 mi (21 km) long
Etymology: L Galilaea < Gr Galilaia < Heb hagalil < gelil (hagoyim), lit., district (of the Gentiles)
Time has three dimensions and one positive pitch or direction. It is therefore not so much like any river or any sea as like the Sea of Galilee, which has the Jordan running through it and giving a current to the whole.
Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
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