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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
garden
of the
prince
). (1) Land of, the small crescent country N. W. of
Sea
of
Galilee
(
Matt. 14:34
34
And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. (Matthew 14:34)
;
Mark 6:53
53
And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. (Mark 6:53)
). (2) Lake of, “Sea of
Chinnereth
,” in O. T. (
Num. 34:11
11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: (Numbers 34:11)
;
Josh. 12:3
3
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: (Joshua 12:3)
); and “Sea of Galilee,” in N. T.; enlargement of
Jordan
river
; 13 miles long, 6 wide, 700 below
bed
of ocean. “
Lake of Gennesaret
” (
Luke 5:1
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, (Luke 5:1)
); “
Sea of
Tiberias
” (
John 6:1
1
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. (John 6:1)
); “
the sea
” (
Matt. 4:15
15
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; (Matthew 4:15)
).