Places in the Bible Today:

Sea of Galilee

Data

Translated NamesChinneroth, Kinnereth Sea, Sea of Chinnereth, sea of Chinnereth, Sea of Chinneroth, Sea of Galilee, sea of Galilee, Sea of Kinnereth, Sea of Tiberias, sea of Tiberias, Tiberias
Typebody of water
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

  1. Sea of Galilee (modern): very high confidence
    1. panorama of the Sea of GalileeSea of Galilee

Verses (10)

Gen-Deut (1)
Num 34:11
Josh-Ruth (2)
Josh 12:3, 13:27
Matt-John (7)
Matt 4:18, 9:1, 15:29
Mark 1:16, 7:31
John 6:1, 21:1

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com1036
Logos FactbookSea of Galilee
OpenBible.info (2007)Sea of Chinnereth, Sea of Chinneroth, Sea of Galilee, Sea of Tiberias
OpenBible.infoa562fcc (Sea of Galilee)
Pleiades678430
TIPNRGalilee_Sea@Num.34.11
UBS Names Databasent ID_1141, ot ID_1577
WikidataQ126982

Image

panorama of the Sea of Galilee
Credit: Bahnfrend (modified)

About

This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location.