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Strong's #3672 - כִּנֶרֶת
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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
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1 a city Joshua 19:35 (P; ᵐ5 B Κενερεθ, A Ξενερεθ, ᵐ5 L Ξενερεθ, as always except Joshua 13:27), so probably Joshua 11:2 (D ?; B Κενερωθ, A Ξενερεθθι), Deuteronomy 3:17 (B Μαχαναρεθ; — Μαχ- = ׳מִכּ).
2יָםכִּֿנֶּרֶת, lake near the city, Numbers 34:11 (P; ᵐ5 B Ξεναρα, A Ξενερεθ), Joshua 13:27 (P; ᵐ5 B Ξενερεθ; A ᵐ5 L Ξενερωθ), יָם ִכּנְַֿרוֺת Joshua 12:3 (D; ᵐ5 B Ξενερεθ; A Ξεννερεθ); כָּלִֿכּנְַֿרוֺת 1 Kings 15:20 #NAME?πᾶσαν τὴνγῆν Ξενερεθᵐ5 L, — ᵑ7 has גִּינֵסַר, גְּנֵיסַר, גִּנֹּסַר, compare τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ Γεννησαρ 1Makk. 1 Kings 11:67; Γεννησαρετ Mark 6:53; Matthew 14:34; Luke 5:1; etymological connection with כִּנֶּרֶת disputed by GASm Geogr. 443n. Buhl Geogr. 113n. — On the lake and surrounding region see GASm Geogr. Ch. xxi. Bd Pal 254 Buhl Geogr. 113f.225Furrer ZPV:1879 (ii.), 52-74Frei ib. 1886 (ix.), 81-145 van Kasteren ib. 1888 (xi.), 212-248.
