Bible Dictionary
Chinnereth
Chinnereth was a fortified city of Naphtali and also the ancient name of the nearby lake and surrounding district. The name is related to the later Sea of Galilee or Lake Gennesaret.
Definition
Chinnereth was a fortified city in Naphtali and also gave its name to the nearby lake and surrounding district. The name is related to the Sea of Chinnereth, later known as the lake of Gennesaret or the Sea of Tiberias.
Biblical Usage
Chinnereth appears as a city and as a geographical designation for the lake and district in Israel’s territorial descriptions.
Historical Background
The city stood near the shore of the lake, a little south of Tiberias. The name was probably an ancient Canaanitish term adopted by the Israelites.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
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 Canaanitish name adopted by the Israelites into their language.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(circuit), accurately Cinnareth, a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:35) only, of which no trace is found in later writers, and no remains by travellers.