קִרְיָתַיִם
Qiryâthayim · keer-yaw-thah'-yim
Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: dual of H7151 (קִרְיָה); double city;
Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִרְיָתַיִם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and kirjathaim3 · 50%
- kiriathaim1 · 17%
- and upon kiriathaim1 · 17%
- and kiriathaim1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.