Meaning
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 See ms to have given its name to a district, as appears from 1Kings 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.
