Bible Names

Gennesaret: meaning of the name

Gennesaret means “garden of the prince.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Gennesaret in Hebrew and Greek

Γεννησαρέτ G1082

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

of Hebrew origin (compare H03672);

Places named Gennesaret

Gennesaret in Scripture

“Gennesaret” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Matthew 14:34

    And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

  • Mark 6:53

    And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

  • Luke 5:1

    And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,