Word Study · Strong's H7156 · Hebrew

קִרְיָתַיִם

Qiryathayim

keer-yaw-thah'-yim

Strong's 1890 spelling: Qiryâthayim

“Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine

Rendered in the KJV as

Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.

7
occurrencesin the Old Testament
6 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃2
וְקִרְיָתַ֣יִם1
וְקִרְיָתָֽיְמָה׃1
קִרְיָתַ֖יִם1
קִרְיָתַ֛יִם1
קִרְיָתָ֑יִם1

How it is rendered · 3

Kiriathaim5
and Kiriathaim1
and Kiriathaim towards1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

proper noun (a name)5
conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNpl · 5
HC/Npl · 1
HC/Npl/Sd · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jeremiah2 of 7 · 29%
Genesis1 of 7 · 14%
Numbers1 of 7 · 14%
Joshua1 of 7 · 14%
1 Chronicles1 of 7 · 14%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 14:5קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃kiryatayimproper noun (a name)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,here: Kiriathaim

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 32:37קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃kiryatayimproper noun (a name)The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,here: Kiriathaim

Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 13:19וְקִרְיָתַ֣יִםvekiryatayimconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,here: and Kiriathaim

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 6:76קִרְיָתַ֖יִםkiryatayimproper noun (a name)And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.here: Kiriathaim

Jeremiah2 occurrences

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 25:9וְקִרְיָתָֽיְמָה׃vekiryatemahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)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.here: and Kiriathaim towards

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