ΓΕΝΝΗΣΑΡ, γεννησαρ
GENNĒSAR, gennēsar
Sounds Like: gen-nay-SAR
Translations: Gennesaret, of Gennesaret
From the root: ΓΕΝΝΗΣΑΡ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Gennesaret refers to a region or a lake in Galilee. It is often used to denote the Sea of Galilee itself, or the fertile plain on its western shore. It is a geographical name.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Genitive
Strong’s number: G1082 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 11:67
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΝΝΗΣΑΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΕΝΝΗΣΑΡʼ — Gennesaret, of Gennesaret
- ΓΕΝΝΗΣΑΡΙΤ — Gennesaret, of Gennesaret
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