Bible Names

Galatia: meaning of the name

Galatia means “white; the color of milk.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Galatia in Hebrew and Greek

Γαλατία G1053

Galatía — Galatia, a region of Asia

of foreign origin;

Places named Galatia

Galatia in Scripture

“Galatia” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 16:6

    Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

  • Acts 18:23

    And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:1

    Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

  • Galatians 1:2

    And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

  • 1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,