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Lake of Gennesaret

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(garden of the prince). (1) Land of, the small crescent country N. W. of Sea of Galilee (Matt. 14:34³⁴And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. (Matthew 14:34); Mark 6:53⁵³And 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. 34:11¹¹And 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. 12:3³And 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 5:1¹And 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 6:1¹After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. (John 6:1)); “the sea” (Matt. 4:15¹⁵The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; (Matthew 4:15)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See GALILEE, SEA OF.