Γεννησαρέτ

Gennhsarevt Gennhsarevt (so G T Tr WH),
Gennhsareq (Lachmann in ) (
Genhsaret Rec. in ; cf. Tdf. edition 2 Proleg., p. xxxv., edition 7 Proleg., p. liv. note{3}) (Targums rs'ynEG} or rs'/NGI (according to Delitzsch (R?merbr. in d. Hebrew ?bers., p. 27) rs'yNEGI, rs'WNGI;
Gennhsar, ; Josephus, b. j. 2, 20, 6 etc.; Genesara, Pliny, 5, 15), Gennesaret, a very lovely and fertile region on the Sea of Galilee (Josephus, b. j. 3, 10, 7):
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Gennhsarevt ; ;
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Gennhsarevt , anciently tr,N<Ki !y:, , or t/rN}Ki !y:, , from the city tr,N<Ki, , which was near by; called in the Gospels
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Galilaiva", ; ;
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Tiberiavdo", ; . The lake, according to Josephus, b. j. 3, 10, 7, is 140 stadia long and 40 wide; (its extreme dimensions now are said to average 12 1/4 miles by 6 3/4 miles, and its level to be nearly 700 feet below that of the Mediterranean). Cf. R?etschi in Herzog v., p. 6f; Furrer in Schenkel ii., p. 322ff; (Wilson in The Recovery of Jerusalem, Part ii.; Robinson, Phys. Geog. of the Holy Land, p. 199ff; BB. DD. For conjectures respecting the derivation of the word cf. Alex.'s Kitto under the end; Merrill, Galilee in the Time of Christ, sec. vii.).*