Lexicon :: Strong's H7156 - qiryāṯayim

קִרְיָתַיִם

Transliteration

qiryāṯayim

Pronunciation

keer-yaw-thah'-yim

Part of Speech

proper locative noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Dual of קִרְיָה (H7151)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

קִרְיָתַיִם Qiryâthayim, keer-yaw-thah'-yim; dual of H7151; double city; Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine:—Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H7156 in the following manner: Kirjathaim (3x), Kiriathaim (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H7156 in the following manner: Kirjathaim (3x), Kiriathaim (3x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

קִרְיָתַיִם Qiryâthayim, keer-yaw-thah'-yim; dual of H7151; double city; Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine:—Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7156: Abbreviations

† קִרְיָתַ֫יִם proper name, of a location Καριαθαιμ (perhaps double city (dual), yet in general on יִַ֯ם in proper name, of a location see Ges^{§ 88 c}); —

1. in Moab (MI¹⁰) Jeremiah 48:1 (תָ֑יִם-), Jeremiah 48:23, so קִיָתָ֑יְמָה Ezekiel 25:9 Qr (Kt קריתמה); Reubenite city according to Numbers 32:37 (תָ֑יִם-) Joshua 13:9; שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָ֑יִם Genesis 14:5 plain of Ḳiryathaim (see שָׁוֵה); modern Ḳurêyât, approximately 1 1/4 miles southeast from (Mt.) ‘Aṭṭarus (עֲטָרוֺת), and 6 3/4 miles north-northwest from Dibon; GASm^{Geogr. 567 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 267.}

2. Levitical city in Naphtali 1 Chronicles 6:61 [1 Chronicles 6:76], = קַרְתָּן || Joshua 21:32 (Θεμμων, Καρθαν).

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