Bible Location

sea of Chinnereth

2 cross references · Modern-day map available

The sea of Chinnereth is the older biblical name for the lake later known as the Sea of Galilee. It is important because it preserves an earlier layer of naming for one of the Bible's central northern waters. First appears in Num 34:11.1

Coordinates

32.81, 35.59

First appears

Num 34:11

AI summary: The sea of Chinnereth matters because names preserve history. In older texts the lake is tied to the Chinnereth region and helps define the eastern and northern landscape long before Gospel-era naming became dominant. The cross references present the sea of Chinnereth as the early biblical identity of Galilee's great lake.1

Latitude

32.81

Longitude

35.59

Bible references

2