Γεννησαρέτ

English (Strong)

of Hebrew origin (compare כִּנָּ֫רֶת); Gennesaret (i.e. Kinnereth), a lake and plain in Palestine: Gennesaret.

English (Thayer)

(so G T Tr WH), Γεννησαρεθ (Lachmann in Γενησαρετ in Tdf. edition 2Proleg., p. xxxv., edition 7 Proleg., p. liv. note{3}) (Targums גֲּנֵיסַר or גִּנּוסַר (according to Delitzsch (Römerbr. in d. Hebrew übers., p. 27) גִּנֵּיסַר, גִּנּוּסַר; Γεννησαρ, 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 Γεννησαρέτ ἡ λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ כִּנֶּרֶת יָם, כִּנֲּרות יָם, כִּנֶּרֶת, ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Τιβεριάδος, Josephus, b. j. 3,10, 7, Isaiah 140 stadia long and 40 wide; (its extreme dimensions now are said to average 12 1/4miles by 6 3/4miles, 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.).