Gennesaret
GEN-NES`A-RET (garden of the prince), i. A fertile,
crescent shaped plain on the west shore of the lake of
Gennesaret, about three miles long and one wide. ii.
The Lake of Gennesaret is called the "Sea of Chinnereth" in
the Old Testament, from the town of Chinnereth, or
Cinneroth, which stood on its shores. Num. 34:11. iii.
Called "Sea of Gal...
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ge-nes'-a-ret he ge Gennesaret):
1. The Name:
The first syllable of the name Gennesaret is evidently the
Hebrew gan, "garden"; while the second may be a proper name.
Possibly, however, the name may represent the Hebrew ganne
sarim, "princely gardens." It is applied to a district on
the Northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee (Mt 14:34; Mk ...
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(garden of the prince), Land of. It is generally believed that
this term was applied to the fertile crescent-shaped plain on
the western shore of the lake, extending from Khan Minyeh (two
or three miles south of Capernaum (Tel-Hum) on the north to
the steep hill behind Mejdel (Magdala) on the south, and
called by the Arabs el-Ghuweir, "the lit...
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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 be...
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(See CINNEROTH; GALILEE, SEA OF). At the N.W. angle was the
fertile plain "Gennesaret." Crescent in shape, extending from
Khan Minyeh on the N. to the steep hill behind Mejdel on the
S., called el Ghuweir, "the little ghor," watered by the
spring Capharnaum (B. J., 3:10, sec. 8). It is also called
"the Sea of Tiberias." All its names are drawn...
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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,...
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And when they had passed over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret, and drew to the shore....
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And when they were gone over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret....
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