Tiberias
(
Τιβεριάς).
1.
A city of Galilee, on the southwestern shore of the Lake of Tiberias, and built by Herod
Antipas in honour of the emperor Tibèrius.
2.
Or Gennesăret, also the Sea of Galilee, in the Old
Test. Chinnereth, now Bahr Tubariyeh, the second of the three lakes in Palestine formed by
the course of the Jordan. (See
Iordanes.) Its
length is eleven or twelve geographical miles, and its breadth from five to six. It lies deep
among fertile hills, has very clear and sweet water, and is full of excellent fish.