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Gennesaret
A garden of riches. (1.) A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Josh 19:35), sometimes in the plural form Chinneroth (Josh 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.)
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Matthew 14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
- Mark 6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
- Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
