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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 Kgs 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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Place Chinneroth (5 Mos 3,17)

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread. Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).