chinnereth

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chinnereth - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Chinnereth
  lyre, the singular form of the word (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 19:35),
  which is also used in the plural form, Chinneroth, the name of a
  fenced city which stood near the shore of the lake of Galilee, a
  little to the south of Tiberias. The town seems to have given
  its name to a district, as appears from 1 Kings 15:20, where the
  plural form of the word is used.
  
    The Sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11; Josh. 13:27), or of
  Chinneroth (Josh. 12: 3), was the "lake of Gennesaret" or "sea
  of Tiberias" (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 11:2). Chinnereth was probably
  an ancient Canaanitish name adopted by the Israelites into their
  language.