Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Tiberias?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tiberias.

First appears in John 6:23 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

A city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded by Herod Antipas.

Tiberias is represented in the local geography layer as Tiberias. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in John 6:23 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 2 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 101 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Tiberias today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Tiberias is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Tiberias is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tiberias

32.774°N · 35.544°E

Key passages

Appears in

John

1 chapter · 1 verse mention