from Tiberias

from Tiberias
coming out of Tiberias, originating in Tiberias, residing in Tiberias (town in northern Israel)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • Tiberias — Infobox Israel municipality name=Tiberias imgsize=110px caption= imgsize3=250 caption3=Aerial photo of Tiberias hebname=Hebrew|טְבֶרְיָה arname=طبرية meaning=Spring Hill founded=18 AD type=city typefrom=1948 stdHeb= altOffSp= altUnoSp=… …   Wikipedia

  • Tiberias — A city founded by Herod Antipas (20 CE) as his new capital to replace Sepphoris, in honour of the emperor Tiberius on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias, John 6:1; 21:1), on an important trade route. It had a …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • TIBERIAS — (Heb. טְבֶרְיָה), city on the western shore of Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee), and the largest settlement in the Jordan Valley. The name usually appears in the Jerusalem Talmud as Tivveryah, and in the Babylonian Talmud as Teverya. The city… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Tiberias — • Titular see, suffragan of Scythopolis, in Palaestina Secunda Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tiberias     Tiberias     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Tiberias — /tuy bear ee euhs/, n. Lake. See Galilee, Sea of. * * * Hebrew Teverya Town (pop., 1995: 35,291) and resort, Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), northeastern Israel. At 689 ft (210 m) below sea level, it is one of the lowest lying towns in the world …   Universalium

  • Tiberias —    A city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded by Herod Antipas (A.D. 16), on the site of the ruins of an older city called Rakkath, and to have been thus named by him after the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Tiberias, Lake — or Sea of Galilee Freshwater lake, northern Israel. It is 13 mi (21 km) long and 7 mi (11 km) wide; it lies about 700 ft (212 m) below sea level and receives most of its inflow from the Jordan River. The region has been inhabited for millennia:… …   Universalium

  • al-Majdal, Tiberias — al Majdal al Majdal, sea of Galilee circa 1890/1900. Shrine of Muhammad al Ajami in the foreground …   Wikipedia

  • Nasir ad-Din, Tiberias — Nasir ad Din …   Wikipedia

  • JUSTUS OF TIBERIAS — JUSTUS OF TIBERIAS, historian; a contemporary of josephus and his rival in describing the Jewish War (66–70/73 C.E.). The main source of knowledge of Justus – the disparaging polemic directed against him by Josephus in his Life – is of doubtful… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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