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GREEK · G1082
Gennēsaret — Gennesaret
Γεννησαρέτ (Rec. Γενησ-, Mk, l.with; Targ. גְּנֵיסַר), [in LXX: Γεννησάρ (as in some MSS. Mt, Mk), 1Ma.11:67 * ;] Gennesaret, a fertile plain on W. shore of the Sea of Galilee; ἡ γῆ, Mat.14:34, Mrk.6:53; ἡ λίμνη (יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Num.34:11, elsewhere ἡ θάλασσα τ. Γαλιλαίας, Mrk.1:16; ἡ θ. τ. Τιβεριάδος, Jhn.6:1), Luk.5:1.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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 shore of the lake to which it gave its name. No trace of it remains. The plain of Gennesaret has been called, from its fertility and beauty, “the Paradise of Galilee.” It is now called el-Ghuweir. (2.) The Lake of Gennesaret, the Grecized form of CHINNERETH (q.v.). (See GALILEE, SEA OF.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
