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Chinnereth — the meaning of the Hebrew name כִּנְּרוֹת

כִּנְּרוֹת

Kinnᵉrôwth · pronounced kin-ner-oth' · Strong's H3672 · a place · also spelled Chinneroth, Cinneroth

Chinnereth means Kinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in Palestine.

Built from

כִּנּוֹר kinnôwr (the same as, H3658) — a harp open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or כִּנֶּרֶתlemma כִּנֶרֶת missing dagesh, corrected to כִּנֶּרֶת; respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as H3658; perhaps harp-shaped; Kinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Num 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 eastward: (KJV)

Every verse that names Chinnereth

7 occurrences in 7 verses — Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, 1 Kings

Num 34:11Deut 3:17Josh 11:2Josh 12:3Josh 13:27Josh 19:351Kgs 15:20

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