Strong H3672H3672Gכִּנֶּ֫רֶת
(Sea of) Chinnereth
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3672
- Transliteration
- kinnerôth kinnereth
- Pronunciation
- {kin-ner-oth'} kin-neh'-reth
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Chinnereth, also known as the Sea of Galilee or the Sea of Tiberias, is a freshwater lake in northern Israel where Jesus conducted much of his ministry.
Meaning of the name
Chinneroth or Cinneroth or Chinnereth = "harps"
General definition
Respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as H3658; perhaps harp shaped;
Kinneroth or {Kinnereth} a place in Palestine: - {Chinnereth} {Chinneroth} Cinneroth.
Kinneroth or {Kinnereth} a place in Palestine: - {Chinnereth} {Chinneroth} Cinneroth.
In the biblical story
Chinnereth
Freshwater lake in northern Israel; location of Jesus' ministry
Chinnereth, also known as the Sea of Galilee or the Sea of Tiberias, is a freshwater lake in northern Israel where Jesus conducted much of his ministry.
In the Bible
Strong H3672G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- chinnereth3
- chinneroth1
First verses
- Numbers 34:11And 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 eastward:
- Deuteronomy 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.
- Joshua 12:3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth 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 13:27And 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 on the other side Jordan eastward.