Τιβεριάς

Τιβεριάς, άδος, ἡ (Josephus index) Tiberias, a city on the west shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, founded by Herod Antipas as the capital of his domain and named in honor of the Emperor Tiberius; J 6:23. The Lake of Gennesaret (s. EbNestle, Der Name des Sees Tiberias: ZDPV 35, 1912, 48–50; JDuncan, The Sea of Tiberias and Its Environs: PEF 58, 1926, 15–22; 65–74; RMiddleton, Tiberias: ibid. 162f) is also called θάλασσα τῆς Τιβεριάδος (cp. the more precise λίμνη: Paus. 5, 7, 4 λίμνην Τιβεριάδα ὀνομαζομένην; Jos., Bell. 3, 57 Τιβεριὰς λίμνη; 4, 456 Τιβεριέων λίμνη; SibOr 12, 104 Τιβεριάδος ἅλμη) J 21:1, more fully θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος 6:1.—Baedeker, Palästina u. Syrien⁷ 1910, 234f; Schürer II 178–82; Dalman, Orte³ 1924; MAvi-Yonah, The Foundation of Tiberias: Israel Exploration Journ. 1, ’50f, 160–69; PECS 920f.—Pauly-W. VI 770–81; Kl. Pauly V 812; BHHW III, 1982f.