The Definition of the word Gaulanitis

Gaulanitis

A name derived from Golan" (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge" in the territory of Manasseh (Josh. 20:8; 21:27; Deut. 4:43). This was one of the provinces ruled by Herod Antipas. It lay to "the east of the Lake of Galilee, and included among its towns" Bethsaida-Julias (Mark 8:22) and Seleucia.