Bible Names

Tiberias: meaning of the name

Tiberias means “good vision; the navel.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Tiberias in Hebrew and Greek

Τιβεριάς G5085

Tiberiás — Tiberias, the name of a town and a lake in Palestine

from G5086 (Τιβέριος);

Places named Tiberias

Tiberias in Scripture

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

  • John 6:1

    After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

  • John 6:23

    (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

  • John 21:1

    After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.