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(Sea of) Chinnereth
Biblical Persons & Places
Chinnereth
Sea of Galilee
A location first mentioned at Num.34.11;
referred to as Chinnereth or Chinnereth (NIV= Kinnereth) or (Sea of )Chinneroth (NIV= Sea of Galilee) (כִּנֶּ֫רֶת), or (Γαλιλαία), or (Sea of )Tiberias or Tiberias (Τιβεριάς).
Chinneroth
Chinneroth
A location first mentioned at Jos.11.2;
referred to as Chinneroth (כִּנֶּ֫רֶת), or Chinnereth (KJV= Chinnereth, NIV= Kinnereth) (כִּנֶּ֫רֶת).
Strong's Definition
Kinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in Palestine
Derivation: or כִּנֶּרֶתlemma כִּנֶרֶת missing dagesh, corrected to כִּנֶּרֶת; respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as H3658 (כִּנּוֹר); perhaps harp-shaped;
KJV Usage: Chinnereth, Chinneroth, Cinneroth.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = "harps"
1) the early name of the Sea of Galilee
2) a town and district in Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = "harps"
the early name of the Sea of Galilee
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כִּנֶּרֶת / כִּנְּרוֹת
kinnerôth / kinnereth
BDB Definition:
Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = harps
1) the early name of the Sea of Galilee
2) a town and district in Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as H3658
Total KJV Occurrences: 7