chinnereth Summary and Overview
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chinnereth in Easton's Bible Dictionary
lyre, the singular form of the word (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 19:35), which is also used in the plural form, Chinneroth, the name of a fenced city which stood near the shore of the lake of Galilee, a little to the south of Tiberias. The town seems to have given its name to a district, as appears from 1 Kings 15:20, where the plural form of the word is used. The Sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11; Josh. 13:27), or of Chinneroth (Josh. 12: 3), was the "lake of Gennesaret" or "sea of Tiberias" (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 11:2). Chinnereth was probably an ancient Canaanite name adopted by the Israelites into their language.
chinnereth in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(circuit), accurately Cinnareth, a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali, #Jos 19:35| only, of which no trace is found in later writers, and no remains by travellers.
chinnereth in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CHIN'NERETH , or CHIN'NEROTH . Josh 11:2. A fenced city of Naphtali, on the lake, or sea, of the same name; afterward called Gennesar, and about 3 miles north-west of Tiberias, according to Furst.