Bible Location
Meaning: garden of the prince · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Gennesaret refers to the fertile plain and lakeside area on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is important because it became one of the especially fruitful regions touched by Jesus' Galilean ministry. First appears in Matt 14:34.1
Place meaning
garden of the prince
Coordinates
32.86, 35.51
First appears
Matt 14:34
AI summary: Gennesaret matters because it joins natural fertility with gospel activity. The region's plain, lake access, and settlement density made it one of the most vibrant parts of Galilee in the time of Jesus. The cross references present Gennesaret as a fertile lakeside district where the ministry of Jesus found receptive and heavily populated ground.1
Place meaning
garden of the prince
Latitude
32.86
Longitude
35.51
Bible references
3
A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Josh. 19:35), sometimes in the plural form Chinneroth (11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). This city stood on the western shore of the lake to which it gave its name. No trace of it remains. The plain of Gennesaret has been called, from its fertility and beauty, “the Paradise of Galilee.” It is now called el-Ghuweir. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.