King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5085
Transliteration: Tiberias
Phonetic Spelling: (tib-er-ee-as')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Tiberias, a city of Galilee, also another name for the Sea of Galilee
Meaning: Tiberias -- a city of Galilee, also another name for the Sea of Galilee
Τιβεριάς, Τιβεριάδος, ἡ (from Τιβέριος), a city of Galilee, near the Lake of Gennesaret, which Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, greatly enlarged (but see BB. DD., under the word and especially Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch., p. 234 note) and beautified, and named Tiberias in honor of Tiberius Caesar (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 2, 3). It is now called Tubariyeh, a poor and wretched town of about 3,000 inhabitants, swarming with fleas for which the place is notorious throughout Syria: John 6:1, 23; John 21:1. Cf. Robinson 2:380-394; Winers RWB, under the word; Rüetschi in Herzog edition 1 16:101; Weizsäcker in Sehenkel v., 526f; (Mühlau in Riehm, p. 1661f); Bädeker, pp. 367-369.
Word Summary
Tiberias: Tiberias, a city of Galilee, also another name for the Sea of Galilee
Original Word: ΤιβεριάςTransliteration: Tiberias
Phonetic Spelling: (tib-er-ee-as')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Tiberias, a city of Galilee, also another name for the Sea of Galilee
Meaning: Tiberias -- a city of Galilee, also another name for the Sea of Galilee
Strong's Concordance
Tiberias. From Tiberios; Tiberias, the name of a town and a lake in Palestine -- Tiberias.
see GREEK Tiberios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5085: ΤιβεριάςΤιβεριάς, Τιβεριάδος, ἡ (from Τιβέριος), a city of Galilee, near the Lake of Gennesaret, which Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, greatly enlarged (but see BB. DD., under the word and especially Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch., p. 234 note) and beautified, and named Tiberias in honor of Tiberius Caesar (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 2, 3). It is now called Tubariyeh, a poor and wretched town of about 3,000 inhabitants, swarming with fleas for which the place is notorious throughout Syria: John 6:1, 23; John 21:1. Cf. Robinson 2:380-394; Winers RWB, under the word; Rüetschi in Herzog edition 1 16:101; Weizsäcker in Sehenkel v., 526f; (Mühlau in Riehm, p. 1661f); Bädeker, pp. 367-369.