Kinnᵉrôwth — H3672

Definition

locative proper noun

Kinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in Palestine

1. Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = "harps"
2. the early name of the Sea of Galilee
3. a town and district in Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee

Usually translated as

Chinnereth, Chinneroth, Cinneroth

Origin

or Kinnereth; respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as H3658; perhaps harp-shaped

• Same as Kinnôwr (H3658)

Greek equivalents

• Gennēsarét (G1082)

Occurrences

Kinnᵉrôwth occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (4), 1 Kings (1)

• Numbers 34:11 — And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth (כִּנֶּ֖רֶת) eastward:
• Deuteronomy 3:17 — The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth (מִכִּנֶּ֗רֶת) even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
• Joshua 11:2 — And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth (כִּֽנֲר֖וֹת), and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
• Joshua 12:3 — And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth (כִּנְר֜וֹת) on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
• Joshua 13:27 — And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth (כִּנֶּ֔רֶת) on the other side Jordan eastward.
• Joshua 19:35 — And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth (וְכִנָּֽרֶת),
• 1 Kings 15:20 — So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth (כִּנְר֔וֹת), with all the land of Naphtali.