קִרְיָתַ֫יִם
qir.ya.ta.yimKiriathaim
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place7 occurrences6 books7 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
- Kiriathaim: A Levitical city in Reuben
- Kiriathaim: A Moabite city, later allotted to Reuben
Definition
dual of H7151; double city; Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.
Traditional renderings: Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
7 total
- Genesis 14:5קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Numbers 32:37קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃ · KiriathaimThe Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Joshua 13:19וְקִרְיָתַ֣יִם · KiriathaimKiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- 1 Chronicles 6:76קִרְיָתַ֖יִם · and KiriathaimAnd from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
- Jeremiah 48:1קִרְיָתָ֑יִם · KiriathaimConcerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Jeremiah 48:23קִרְיָתַ֛יִם · Kiriathaim…upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
- Ezekiel 25:9וְקִרְיָתְמָה׃ · and Kiriathaim…therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.