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Tiberias
[ tahy-beer-ee-uhs ]
Tiberias
/ taɪˈbɪərɪˌæs /
noun
- 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)
- Lake Tiberiasanother name for the (Sea of) Galilee
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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
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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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