Tiberias

[ tahy-beer-ee-uhs ]

noun

1. Lake Tiberias. Galilee ( def 2 ).
2. a resort in northwestern Israel, on the Sea of Galilee.

Tiberias

/ taɪˈbɪərɪˌæs /

noun

1. a resort in N Israel, on the Sea of Galilee: an important Jewish centre after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. Pop: 40 100 (2003 est)
2. Lake Tiberias
   another name for the (Sea of) Galilee

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tiberias¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin Tiberiad- (stem of assumed Tiberias ), from Greek Tiberiádos, genitive singular of assumed Tiberías, a town founded ca. a.d. 20 by Herod Antipas and named in honor of the Emperor Tiberius

Example Sentences

God made Satan, in the skin of a diver, fish up earth out of Lake Tiberias.

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The Jordan rises some distance to the north-east of Tiberias, and passes through another small lake called the waters of Merom.

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North of lake Tiberias, and on the top of a high mountain in sight, stands Safet, a town of considerable size.

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The hot waters, which spout forth from under ground, are called the warm baths of Tiberias.

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Tertullian writes:—“That impious custom continued in Africa down to the times of Tiberias.”

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