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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 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - And the children of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:19 - Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:76

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Against Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:

“Woe to Nebo!
For it is plundered,
Kirjathaim is shamed and taken;
The high stronghold[fn] is shamed and dismayed—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:23 - On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - “therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.
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