Kinneret
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (Sea of Galilee): Lake Kinneret, Lake Kinnereth, Lake Kineret, Lake Kinereth, Yam Kinneret, Kinnereth, Kineret, Kinereth
- (ancient city): Chinnereth, Chinneroth, Kinnereth
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew כנרת (kinéret).
Proper noun
[edit]Kinneret
- The Sea of Galilee.
- (historical) A Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in the Bible.