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 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).
  1. 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.
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; GASmGeogr. 567 f. BuhlGeogr. 267.
2. Levitical city in Naphtali 1 Chronicles 6:61 [1 Chronicles 6:76], = קַרְתָּן || Joshua 21:32 (Θεμμων, Καρθαν).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:5

Numbers

32:37

Joshua

13:9; 21:32

1 Chronicles

6:76

Jeremiah

48:1; 48:23

Ezekiel

25:9