•John’s third epistle is addressed to Christian of this name. We may possibly identify him with No.
2.
Galaad
the Greek form of the word Gilead.
Galal
(influential)
•A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. 536.)
•Another Levite, of the family of Elkanah. (1 Chronicles 9:16)
•A third Levite, son of Jeduthun. (Nehemiah 11:17) (B.C. 536.)
Galatia
(land of the Galli, Gauls). The Roman province of Galatia may be roughly described as the
central region of the peninsula of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Bithynia and Paphlagonia;
on the east by Pontus; on the south by Cappadocia and Lycaonia; on the west by Phrygia.—Encyc.
Brit. It derived its name from the Gallic or Celtic tribes who, about 280 B.C., made an irruption
into Macedonia and Thrace. It finally became a Roman province. The Galatia of the New Testament
has really the “Gaul” of the East. The people have always been described as “susceptible of quick
impressions and sudden changes, with a fickleness equal to their courage and enthusiasm, and a
constant liability to that disunion which is the fruit of excessive vanity.—The Galatian churches
were founded by Paul at his first visit, when he was detained among, them by sickness, (Galatians
4:13) during his second missionary journey, about A.D 51. He visited them again on his third
missionary tour.
Galatians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts
18:23) and probably in the early portion of his two-and-a-half-years stay at Ephesus, which
terminated with the Pentecost of A.D. 57 or 58. The epistle appears to have been called forth by
the machinations of Judaizing teachers, who, shortly before the date of its composition, had
endeavored to seduce the churches of this province into a recognition of circumcision, (Galatians
5:2,11,12; 6:12) seq., and had openly sought to depreciate the apostolic claims of St. Paul. Comp.
(Galatians 1:1,11) “Since the days of Luther the Epistle to the Galatians has always been held in
high esteem as the gospel’s banner of freedom. To it and the Epistle to the Romans we owe most
directly the springing up and development of the ideas and energies of the Reformation.”—Meyer.
Galbanum
one of the perfumes employed in the preparation of the sacred incense. (Exodus 10:34) The
galbanum of commerce is brought chiefly from India and the Levant. It is a resinous gum of a
brownish-yellow color and strong disagreeable smell, usually met with in masses, but sometimes
found in yellowish tear-like drops. But, though galbanum itself is well known, the plant which
yields it has not been exactly determined.
Galeed
(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on Mount
Gilead in witness of the covenant then entered into between them. (Genesis 31:47,48) comp.
Genesis31:23,25
(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on Mount
Gilead in witness of the masses, but sometimes found in yellowish tear-like drops. But, though
galbanum itself is well known, the plant which yields it has not been exactly determined.
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