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chinnereth, sea of in Smith's Bible Dictionary
#Nu 34:11; Jos 13:27| the inland sea, which is most similarly known to us as the "Lake of Gennesareth" or "Sea of Galilee."
chinnereth, sea of in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Sea of Chinnereth or Chinneroth. 1. Afterward the lake of Gennesaret, a corruption of Chinnereth (Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:27). The district of Chinnereth is called "all Chinnereth" (1 Kings 15:20). 2. A fortified city of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35); probably the same as Tiberius, from which the lake or sea was named in a similar way (Numbers 34:11; John 6:1).