Galilee, Sea of

geographical name

Gal·​i·​lee, Sea of ˈga-lə-ˌlē 

variants or modern Lake Tiberias

tī-ˈbir-ē-əs 

or biblical Lake of Gennesaret

gə-ˈne-sə-ˌret 

-rət

or Sea of Tiberias or Sea of Chinnereth

ˈki-nə-ˌreth 

or Hebrew Yam Kinneret

ˈyäm-ˈki-nə-ˌret 

lake 13 miles (21 kilometers) long and 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide in northern Israel on the Syrian border traversed by the Jordan River; about 700 feet (212 meters) below sea level