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τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Τιβεριάδος

The sea (genitive case or specially) · Tiberias, the name of a town and a lake in Palestine

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θάλασσα G2281 the sea (genitive case or specially)
Pronunciation thálassa
Sea as boundary between divine and human realms; often represents chaos, danger, or divine judgment in NT theology.
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Τιβεριάς G5085 Tiberias, the name of a town and a lake in Palestine
Pronunciation Tiberiás
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What does τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Τιβεριάδος (tēs thalassēs tēs Tiberiados) mean in the Bible?

θάλασσα · Τιβεριάς is a Greek word meaning "Sea of Tiberias".

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Meaning

Sea of Tiberias
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:27 · Mark 4:41 · John 6:18 · Rev 4:6 · Rev 20:13 · Rev 21:1 6×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:15 · Matt 14:26 · Matt 18:6 · Mark 5:1 · Mark 6:47 · Mark 6:48 · Mark 6:49 · Luke 21:25 · John 6:1 · John 6:17 · John 6:19 · John 6:22 · John 6:25 · John 21:1 · Acts 28:4 · Rom 9:27 29×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:24 · Matt 8:26 · Mark 1:16 · Mark 4:1 · Mark 4:39 · Mark 5:13 · Luke 17:6 · 1 Cor 10:2 · 2 Cor 11:26 · Rev 8:9 · Rev 16:3 · Rev 18:19 12×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:18 · Matt 8:32 · Matt 13:1 · Matt 13:47 · Matt 14:25 · Matt 15:29 · Matt 17:27 · Matt 21:21 · Matt 23:15 · Mark 1:16 · Mark 2:13 · Mark 3:7 · Mark 4:1 · Mark 5:13 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 7:31 43×
90 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called Matthew 8 — The Authority of Jesus over Uncleanness, Sickness, Discipleship, Storms, and Demons

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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