Chinnereth

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.