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Lexicon :: Strong's H7156 - qiryāṯayim

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קִרְיָתַיִם
Transliteration
qiryāṯayim
Pronunciation
keer-yaw-thah'-yim
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Καρθαν).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H7156

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Strong's Number H7156 matches the Hebrew קִרְיָתַיִם (qiryāṯayim),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommæans in the city Save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:19 - and Kariathaim, and Sebama, and Serada, and Sion in mount Enab;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - (LXX 6:61) And of the tribe of Nephthali; Kedes in Galilee and her suburbs, and Chamoth and her suburbs, and Kariathaim and her suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - (LXX 31:1) Thus has the Lord said concerning Moab, Woe to Nabau! for it has perished: Cariathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:23 - (LXX 31:23) and upon Cariathaim, and upon the house of Gæmol, and upon the house of Maon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - Therefore, behold, I will weaken the shoulder of Moab from his frontier cities, even the choice land, the house of Bethasimuth above the fountain of the city, by the sea-side.
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