- Lake of Gennesaret
- geographical name see Galilee, Sea of
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Lake of Gennesaret
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Gennesaret — Coordinates: 32°51′38″N 35°30′26″E / 32.86056°N 35.50722°E / 32.86056; 35.50722 Gennesaret ( a garden of riches ) was a town alloted to the tribe … Wikipedia
Gennesaret — A garden of riches. 1) A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Josh. 19:35), sometimes in the plural form Chinneroth (11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). This city stood on the western… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Gennesaret, Lake of — geographical name see galilee (Sea of) … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gennesaret, Lake of — An alternative used in Luke 5:1 for the Sea of Galilee … Dictionary of the Bible
Galilee, Sea of — ▪ lake, Israel also called Lake Tiberias, Arabic Buḥayrat Ṭabarīyā, Hebrew Yam Kinneret, lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. From 1948 to 1967 it was bordered immediately to the northeast by the cease fire line with… … Universalium
Cinnereth — A harp, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35; comp. Deut. 3:17). It also denotes, apparently, a district which may have taken its name from the adjacent city or lake of Gennesaret, anciently called the sea of Chinnereth (q.v.),… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Galilee, Sea of — or modern Lake Tiberias or biblical Lake of Gennesaret or Sea of Tiberias or Sea of Chinnereth or Hebrew Yam Kinneret geographical name lake 13 miles (21 kilometers) long & 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide N Israel on Syrian border traversed by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sea of Galilee — noun A lake in northern Israel, located about fifteen miles northeast of the ancient city of Nazareth. Syn: Lake Tiberius, Lake of Gennesaret, Sea of Kinnereth … Wiktionary
Galilee, Sea of — In northern Palestine; also called ‘the Lake of Gennesaret’ (Luke 5:1) and ‘the Sea of Tiberias’ (John 6:1), a freshwater lake separating two parts of the River Jordan. It spreads out to 12.8 km. (8 miles) across and its length is about 21 km.… … Dictionary of the Bible
Galilee — For other uses, see Galilee (disambiguation). An orchard in Upper Galilee … Wikipedia
