Γεννησαρέτ [so G T Tr WH],
-ρέθ [Lachmann in
Matthew 14:34], [
Γενησαρέτ Rec. in
Mark 6:53; cf.
Tdf. edition 2 Proleg., p. xxxv., edition 7 Proleg., p. liv. note
8], (Targums
גֲּנֵיסַר or
גִּנּוסַר [according to
Delitzsch (Römerbr. in d. Hebrew übers., p. 27)
גִּנֵּיסַר,
גִּנּוּסַר];
Γεννησάρ, 1 Macc. 11:67; 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):
ἡ γῆ Γεννησ.
Matthew 14:34;
Mark 6:53;
ἡ λίμνη Γεννησ.
Luke 5:1, anciently
כִּנֶּרֶת יָם,
Numbers 34:11, or
כִּנֲּרות יָם,
Joshua 12:3, from the city
כִּנֶּרֶת,
Deuteronomy 3:17, which was near by; called in the Gospels
ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας,
Mark 1:16;
Matthew 4:18;
ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Τιβεριάδος,
John 6:1;
John 21:1. 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.
Rüetschi 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, § vii.].
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