Lexical Definition

‎כִּנְּרוֹת‎ Kinnᵉrôwth (kin-ner-oth') (Sea of) Chinnereth ^N:N--L
or כִּנֶּרֶת Kinnereth (kinneh'-reth); respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as ‎כִּנּוֹר‎; perhaps harp-shaped

Chinnereth, Chinneroth, Cinneroth.

• § Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = "harps"
• Kinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in Palestine

1) the early name of the Sea of Galilee
2) a town and district in Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee

See Greek: Γεννησαρέτ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כִּנֶּ֫רֶתֵ‎, ‎ִ˜כּנְַֿרוֺת‎ proper name, of a location in Galilee (Naphtali), ‎כִּנֶּרֶת‎ Deut 3:17; Josh 13:27; Num 34:11 ‎כִּנָּ֑רֶת‎ Josh 19:35 ‎ִ˜כּנְַֿרוֺת‎ (so Baer; ‎ִ˜כּנְרוֺת‎ Norzi) Josh 11:2; Josh 12:3; 1Kgs 15:20 —

1. a city Josh 19:35 (P; ᵐ5 B Κενερεθ, A Ξενερεθ, ᵐ5^L Ξενερεθ, as always except Josh 13:27), so probably Josh 11:2 (D ?; B Κενερωθ, A Ξενερεθθι), Deut 3:17 (B Μαχαναρεθ; — Μαχ‐ = ‎׳‎‎מִכּ‎).

2. ‎יָםכִּֿנֶּרֶת‎, lake near the city, Num 34:11 (P; ᵐ5 B Ξεναρα, A Ξενερεθ), Josh 13:27 (P; ᵐ5 B Ξενερεθ; A ᵐ5^L Ξενερωθ), ‎יָם ִ˜כּנְַֿרוֺת‎ Josh 12:3 (D; ᵐ5 B Ξενερεθ; A Ξεννερεθ); ‎כָּלִֿ˜כּנְַֿרוֺת‎ 1Kgs 15:20 = all the territory about the city and lake, compare πᾶσαν τὴνγῆν Ξενερεθ ᵐ5^L, — ᵑ7 has ‎גִּינֵסַר‎, ‎גְּנֵיסַר‎, ‎גִּנֹּסַר‎, compare τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ Γεννησαρ 1 Makk. 1Kgs 11:67 Γεννησαρετ Mark 6:53; Matt 14:34; Luke 5:1 etymological connection with ‎כִּנֶּרֶת‎ disputed by GASm^{Geogr. 443 n.} Buhl^{Geogr. 113 n.} — On the lake and surrounding region see GASm^{Geogr. Ch. xxi.} Bd^{Pal 254} Buhl^{Geogr. 113 f.} 225 Furrer^{ZPV. 1879} (ii.), 52-74 Frei^{ib. 1886} (ix.), 81-145 van Kasteren^{ib. 1888} (xi.), 212-248.

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