Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gennesaret?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with El Ghuweir.

First appears in Matthew 14:34 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

A garden of riches. (1. ) 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). Modern identification: El Ghuweir.

Gennesaret is represented in the local geography layer as El Ghuweir. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Matthew 14:34 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Matthew

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Mark

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention