noun · feminine

gennēsaret

GreekΓεννησαρέτ (gennēsaret)

Strong’sG1082

Gennesaret

stem gennēsaret-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Gennesaret3×

What it means

Γεννησαρέτ (Rec. Γενησ-, Mk, l.c.; Targ. גְּנֵיסַר),

[in LXX: Γεννησάρ (as in some MSS. Mt, Mk), I Mac 11:67 *;]

Gennesaret, a fertile plain on W. shore of the Sea of Galilee; ἡ γῆ, Mt 14:34, Mk 6:53; ἡ λίμνη (יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Nu 34:11, elsewhere ἡ θάλασσα τ. Γαλιλαίας, Mk 1:16; ἡ θ. τ. Τιβεριάδος, Jo 6:1), Lk 5:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1082 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidghen-nay-sar-et'

Gennesaret (i.e. Kinnereth), a lake and plain in Palestine

Fromof Hebrew origin (compare );

King JamesGennesaret.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	gennēsaret	gennēsaret
object accusative	gennēsaret2×Γεννησαρέτ	gennēsaret
direct address vocative	gennēsaret	gennēsaret
of, belonging to genitive	gennēsaret1×Γεννησαρὲτ	gennēsaret
to, for dative	gennēsaret	gennēsaret

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

gennēsaretstem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

gennēsaret“Gennesaret”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 14:34“Gennesaret”Kai diaperaratois erchala epi tan gēan eis Gennēsaret.When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.

Mark 6:53“Gennesaret”Kai diaperaratois epi tan gēan erchala eis Gennēsaret kai prosormizila.When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.

gennēsaret“Gennesaret”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Luke 5:1“Gennesaret”Gineta de en te ton ochlon epikeierō auto kai akouarō ton logon tou theou kai autos ate histanarētos para tan limnan Gennēsaret,On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,