קִרְיָתַיִם Qiryâthayim
Meaning
Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine
In the King James Version: Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.
Derivation: dual of H7151 (קִרְיָה); double city;
Where it is used
- Genesis 14:5 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 32:37 The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Joshua 13:19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
- Jeremiah 48:1 Concerning 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 48:23 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
- Ezekiel 25:9 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.