Quick Definition
Kartan
Biblical Persons & Places
Kartan
Kartan= near Hammath (Hammath@Jos.19.28-1Ch=H2575A)
A location near Hammath only mentioned at Jos.21.32;
only referred to as Kartan (קַרְתָּן).
Strong's Definition
Kartan, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H7176 (קֶרֶת); city-plot;
KJV Usage: Kartan.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Kartan = "two cities"
1) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites
1a) also 'Kirjathaim'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיָתַ֫יִם (qir.ya.ta.yim) — Kartan. Kartan, commander, (Jos.21.32)
קַרְתָּן (qar.tan) — Kartan. Kartan = "two cities" 1) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites 1a) also 'Kirjathaim'
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · קֶרֶת
Names of Locations | ≈ קִרְיָתַיִם
Kartan = town, also known as Kiriathaim; ◄ territory of Naphtali; ► assigned to clan of Gershon, tribe of Levi as town of refuge
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיָתַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. (perh. double city) in Moab
Levit. city in Naphtali
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