CHINNERETH

Or CINNEROTH, a town on the west shore of the sea of Galilee, Nu 34:11 De 3:17 Jos 11:2 19:35 1Ki 15:20. It was a "fenced city" of Naphtali, and gave its name to the lake on which it stood. Tiberias is supposed by Jerome to have afterwards occupied its site.

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Chinnereth. Chinnereth
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 Canaanitish name adopted by the Israelites into their language.

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CHINNERETH. → Also called CHINNEROTH, CINNERETH and CINNEROTH 1. A district in the north of Palestine Jos 11:2; 1Ki 15:20 2. A city in Naphtali Jos 19:35 3. The sea of Nu 34:11; Jos 12:3; 13:27
* See GALILEE, SEA OF