Lexical Definition

‎קִרְיָתַיִם‎ Qiryâthayim (keer-yaw-thah'-yim) Kiriathaim ^N:N--L
dual of ‎קִרְיָה‎; double city

Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.

• § Kiriathaim = "two cities"
• Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine

1) a city east of the Jordan in Moab
2) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

Extended Information

• Kiriathaim, villages (1Ch.6.76 )
• a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִרְיָתַ֫יִם‎ proper name, of a location Καριαθαιμ (perhaps double city (dual), yet in general on ‎יִַ֯ם‎ in proper name, of a location see Ges^{«GKC:88c»§ 88c}); —

1. in Moab (MI¹⁰) Jer 48:1 (‎תָ֑יִם‎-), vJer 48:23, so ‎קִיָתָ֑יְמָה‎ Ezek 25:9 Qr (Kt ‎קריתמה‎); Reubenite city according to Num 32:37 (‎תָ֑יִם‎-) Josh 13:9 ‎שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָ֑יִם‎ Gen 14:5 plain of Kiryathaim (see ‎שָׁוֵה‎); modern †urêyât, approximately 1 1/4 miles southeast from (Mt.) ±A‰‰arus (‎עֲטָרוֺת‎), and 6 3/4 miles north-northwest from Dibon; GASm^{Geogr. 567 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 267.}

2. Levitical city in Naphtali 1Chr 6:61*, = ‎קַרְתָּן‎ || Josh 21:32 (Θεμμων, ᵐ5^L Καρθαν).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Kiriathaim_2 • A Levitical city in Reuben

Kiriathaim, a Levitical city in the territory of Reuben (1 Chronicles 6:76).

• A location near Hammath חַמַּת only mentioned at 1Ch.6.76;
• only referred to as Kiriathaim קִרְיָתַיִם.
  

Kiriathaim was a Levitical city located in the territory allocated to the tribe of Reuben, as mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:76. The Levites, who were responsible for the worship and religious duties in Israel, were given cities to live in throughout the territories of the other Israelite tribes.

All entries for Kiriathaim: קִרְיָתַיִם