GREEK · G1148
Δαλμανουθά
Dalmanoutha — Dalmanutha
Δαλμανουθά, ἡ indecl., Dalmanutha, an unidentified place near the Sea of Galilee: Mrk.8:10 (cf. Μαγαδάν).† (AS)
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Dalmanutha
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Historical dictionary entry
A place on the west of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned only in Mark 8:10. In the parallel passage it is said that Christ came “into the borders of Magdala” (Matt. 15:39). It is plain, then, that Dalmanutha was near Magdala, which was probably the Greek name of one of the many Migdols (i.e., watch-towers) on the western side of the lake of Gennesaret. It has been identified in the ruins of a village about a mile from Magdala, in the little open valley of ‘Ain-el-Barideh, “the cold fountain,” called el-Mejdel, possibly the “Migdal-el” of Josh. 19:38.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.