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H7156 קִרְיָתַיִם (Qiryâthayim) keer-yaw-thah'-yim

Hebrew
Noun
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Quick Definition

Kiriathaim

Biblical Persons & Places

Kiriathaim Kiriathaim_2= near Hammath (Hammath@Jos.19.28-1Ch=H2575A)
A location near Hammath only mentioned at 1Ch.6.76; only referred to as Kiriathaim (קִרְיָתַ֫יִם).
Kiriathaim Kiriathaim_1
A location first mentioned at Gen.14.5; referred to as Kiriathaim (קִרְיָתַ֫יִם), or Kerioth or "cities" (KJV, NIV= Kerioth) (קְרִיּוֹת).

Strong's Definition

Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine

Derivation: dual of H7151 (קִרְיָה); double city;

KJV Usage: Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Kiriathaim = "two cities"
1) a city east of the Jordan in Moab
2) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קִרְיָתַ֫יִם (qir.ya.ta.yim) — Kiriathaim. Kiriathaim = "two cities" a city east of the Jordan in Moab Also named: qe.riy.yot (קְרִיּוֹת "Kerioth" H7152H)

קִרְיָתַ֫יִם (qir.ya.ta.yim) — Kiriathaim. Kiriathaim, villages (1Ch.6.76) § Kiriathaim = "two cities" a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of Locations

Kiriathaim = town; ◄ territory of Reuben; ► later part of Moab

GEN 14:5 · NUM 32:37 · JOS 13:19 · JER 48:1 · JER 48:23 · EZK 25:9

Names of Locations | ≈ קַרְתָּן

Kiriathaim = town, also known as Kartan; ◄ territory of Naphtali; ► assigned to clan of Gershon, tribe of Levi as town of refuge

1CH 6:61

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קִרְיָתַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. (perh. double city) in Moab

Levit. city in Naphtali

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Bible Occurrences (7)

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