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Galilee, Sea of or Lake Ti·be·ri·as (tī-bîrʹē-əs)
A freshwater lake of northeast Israel. About 214 m (700 ft) below sea level, it is fed and drained by the Jordan River.
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Galilee, Sea of — ▪ lake, Israel also called Lake Tiberias, Arabic Buḥayrat Ṭabarīyā, Hebrew Yam Kinneret, lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. From 1948 to 1967 it was bordered immediately to the northeast by the cease fire line with… … Universalium
Galilee, Sea of — (Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names. 1) In the Old Testament it is called the sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11; Josh. 12:3; 13:27), as is supposed from its harp like shape. (2). The lake of Gennesareth once… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Galilee, Sea of — or modern Lake Tiberias or biblical Lake of Gennesaret or Sea of Tiberias or Sea of Chinnereth or Hebrew Yam Kinneret geographical name lake 13 miles (21 kilometers) long & 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide N Israel on Syrian border traversed by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Galilee, Sea of — In northern Palestine; also called ‘the Lake of Gennesaret’ (Luke 5:1) and ‘the Sea of Tiberias’ (John 6:1), a freshwater lake separating two parts of the River Jordan. It spreads out to 12.8 km. (8 miles) across and its length is about 21 km.… … Dictionary of the Bible
GALILEE, SEA OF — an expansion of the Jordan, 12½ m. long, and at the most 8 m. broad, enclosed by steep mountains, except on NW … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Galilee, Sea of — freshwater lake; betw. NE Israel, SW Syria, and NW Jordan; 64 sq. mi … Webster's Gazetteer
Galilee, Sea of — … Useful english dictionary
Sea of Galilee — Sea of Tiberias † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sea of Tiberias So called in John 21:1 (cf. 6:1), otherwise known as the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16; John 6:1) or as the lake of Genesareth (Luke 5:1, and Rabbinical writings), or … Catholic encyclopedia
Galilee (disambiguation) — Galilee is a large region overlapping with much of the North District of Israel, that is traditionally divided into three regions:* The Upper Galilee * The Lower Galilee * The Western Galilee * Sea of GalileeGalilee can also refer to:* Galilee of … Wikipedia
