Chinnereth
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Meaning: 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 Kg 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.
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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The sea marking the eastern boundary of the Israelitish possessions, whence the boundary proceeded by the River Jordan to the Dead Sea (Num 34:11). It also marked the western boundary of the trans. Jordanic tribes (Deut 3:17). In later times the sea was called Gennesaret or lake of Galilee; the modern name is Baḥr Ṭabariyyah (Lake of Tiberias). It is about 13 miles in length and 8 miles wide, its greatestwidth being a little north of the center. It is 680 feet below sea-level. The Jordan flows into and passes out of it. The lake itself is filled with various kinds of fish, and even in ancient times provided a livelihood for many fishermen. At present the land round the lake is sterile, but, according to the description of Josephus, was at one time very fertile.
This entry includes text from the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
This article needs to be merged with CHINNERETH (Jewish Encyclopedia).
