Chinnefeth

A city (Dt 3", Jos 11», in latter sjielt Chinneroth, IS**) which gave its name to the Scaof Chinnereth (Nu 34", Jos 12^ 13-''), the OT designation of the Sea of Galilee. The site of the town is uncertain, but it follows Rakkath (probably Tiberias), and may have been in the plain of Gennesaret (cf. 1 K 15"). C. R. CONDER. CHIOS (t) X(os) wa-s a large i.sland which formed part of the province of Asia, situated in the .

/Egean Sea oil the Ionian coast, still called Scio (according to the Italian form), about 32 miles long from N. to S., and in breadth varying from 18 to 8 miles. It is separated from the mainland by a channel of varying width, which at its narrowest (about 5 miles acro.'Js) is blocked by a group of small islands. The ship in which St. Paul .sailed from Troas to Patara (on his way to Jerus.) passed through this channel as it sailed S.

from Mitylene ; and it anchored for a night on the Asian coast opposite the island, and thence struck across the open sea S. to Samos (Ac 20"). The voyage of Herod by Rhodes, Cos, Chios, and Mitylene, towards tlie Black Sea, described by Jos. Ant. xvi. ii. 2, affords an interesting comparison with that of St. Paul. The channel is very picturesque. The chief city of the inland, bearing the same name, is situated on Ita E. coast, towards the S. end, probably facing the point where St.

Paul's ship lay at anchor. The island is rocky (esp. in the broader N. part) and unproductive, except that it was famous for its wine, and its gum mastic has been a source of trade and profit both in ancient and in modern times. It was one of the seven places that claimed to be the birthplace of Homer; and a much stronger body of tradition speaks in favour of it than for any of the other claimants.

Like Cnidus, Cos, Cyzicus, Ilium, Samos, Smyrna, Mitylene, and many other cities of the province Asia, C. had the rank of a free city, which im- plied merely that in certain respects it was ad- ministered according to native law, while other Asian cities were administered according to Rom. law. W. M. K,VMSAY. CHISLEY, AV Chisleu (i'?53, 2:exfi;Xo.; B, Xa<re7)\ou A, Neh 1', XaaeXev Zee 7'). See TiME.