Dictionary entry

Chinnereth

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Or CINNEROTH, a town on the west shore of the sea of Galilee, Nu 34:11De 3:17Jos 11:2 19:35 1Ki 15:20. It was a "fenced city" of Naphtali, and gave its name to the lake on which it stood. Tiberias is supposed by Jerome to have afterwards occupied its site.