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G5085 Τιβεριάς (Tiberiás)
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Τιβεριάς, άδος, ἡ n.f. Tiberias

Strong's Definition

from 5086; Tiberias, the name of a town and a lake in Palestine

KJV Usage: Tiberias

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -άδος

93.597a · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Tiberias a city on the west shore of the Lake of Galilee

JHN 6:23

93.597b · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Tiberias the Lake of Tiberias, also known as the Lake of Galilee

JHN 6:1 · JHN 21:1

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Τιβεριάς, -ados, ἡ, (fr. Τιβέριος), a city of Galilee, near the Lake of Gennesaret, which Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, greatly enlarged [but see BB.DD. 5. ν. and esp. Schiirer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. p. 234 note] and beautified, and named Tiberias in honor of Tiberius Caesar (Joseph. antt. 18, 2, 8). It is now called Tubariyeh, a poor and wretched town of about 3000 inhabitants, swarming with fleas for which the place is notorious throughout Syria: Jn. vi. 1, 23; xxi. 1. Cf. Robinson ii. 380-394; Win. RWB.s. v.; Riietschi in Herzog ed. 1 xvi. 161; Weizsdcker in Schenkel v. 526 sq.; [Miihlau in Riehm p. 1661 sq.]; Biadeker pp. 361-909.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Τιβεριάς Tiberias 3x

Tiberias, a city of Galilee, built by Herod Antipas, and named in honor of Tiberius, Jn. 6:1, 23; 21:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Τιβεριάς, -άδος, ἡ

(< Τιβέριος),

Tiberias, a city of Galilee: Jo 6:23; θάλασσα τῆς, T., Jo 6:1 21:1 (cf Γεννησσαρέτ, Γαλιλαία).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Τιβεριάς (Tiberias) — (Sea of) Tiberias. Τιβεριάς, -άδος, ἡ (Τιβέριος), Tiberias, a city of Galilee: Jhn.6:23, Jhn.6:1 21:1 (cf Γεννησσαρέτ, Γαλιλαία).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

Τιβεριάς (Tiberias) — Tiberias. Τιβεριάς, -άδος, ἡ (Τιβέριος), Tiberias, a city of Galilee: Jhn.6:23, Jhn.6:1 21:1 (cf Γεννησσαρέτ, Γαλιλαία).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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