Reference: Dalmanutha

A town or village near the city of Magdala, Mr 8:10. Compare Mt 15:39. The exact situation of this place is uncertain; it lay, however, on the western shore of the sea of Galilee, north of Tiberias.

a place on the west of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned only in Mr 8:10. In the parallel passage it is said that Christ came "into the borders of Magdala" (Mt 15:39). It is plain, then, that Dalmanutha was near Magdala, which was probably the Greek name of one of the many Migdols (i.e., watch-towers) on the western side of the lake of Gennesaret. It has been identified in the ruins of a village about a mile from Magdala, in the little open valley of 'Ain-el-Barideh, "the cold fountain," called el-Mejdel, possibly the "Migdal-el" of Jos 19:38.

On the W. of the sea of Galilee as what Mark (Mr 8:10) calls "the regions of Dalmanutha." Matthew (Mt 15:39) calls "the borders of Magdala." Magdala was at the S. end of the plain of Gennesaret, near the water. Dalmanutha is probably now 'Ain-el-Barideh, "the cold fountain," surrounded by ancient walls and ruins of a village, at the mouth of a glen a mile S. of Magdala, near the beach.

Hither Christ sailed after feeding the four thousand (Mr 8:10). In Mt 15:39 Magadan is substituted. No satisfactory conjecture has yet been offered as to the explanation of either name, or the identification of either place.

R. A. S. Macalister.

Dalmanu'tha

District on the west of the Lake of Gennesaret. Mr 8:10. By comparing Mt 15:39 it will be seen to be in the same neighbourhood as Magdala or Magadan. Not identified.

Dalmanu'tha

a town on the west side of the Sea of Galilee, near Magdala.

Mt 15:39

and Mark 8:10 [MAGDALA] Dalmnnutha probably stood at the place called 'Ain-el-Barideh, "the cold fountain."

See Magdala

DALMANUTHA. St. Mark says that Jesus Christ embarked with his disciples on the lake of Tiberias, and came to Dalmanutha, Mr 8:10, but St. Matthew calls it Magdala, Mt 15:39. It seems that Dalmanutha was near to Magdala, on the western side of the lake.