קִרְיָתַיִםQiryâthayim
proper name [of a location]: double city
Pronunciation: keer-yaw-thah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7156
Meanings
1. in Moab, Reubenite city (Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 48:23; Ezekiel 25:9)
2. Levitical city in Naphtali (1 Chronicles 6:61; Joshua 21:32)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:5 One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Numbers 32:37 The descendants of Reuben built the towns of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Joshua 13:19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above the valley,
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 From the territory of Naphtali, they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, each with its pasturelands.
- Jeremiah 48:1 This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo; it will soon lie in ruins. The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured; the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.
- Jeremiah 48:23 on Kiriathaim and Beth-gamul and Beth-meon,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).