Strong's H6255: עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם (ʻAshtᵉrôth…

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Ashteroth-karnaim

Biblical Persons & Places

Ashteroth-karnaim Ashteroth-karnaim

A location first mentioned at Gen.14.5; referred to as Ashteroth-karnaim (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם), or Karnaim (קַרְנַ֫יִם).

Strong's Definition

Ashteroth-Karnaim, a place East of the Jordan

Derivation: from H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת) and the dual of H7161 (קֶרֶן); Ashtaroth of (the) double horns (a symbol of the deity);

KJV Usage: Ashtoreth Karnaim.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ashtoreth-karnaim = "Ashtoreth of the two horns or peaks"

1) a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh

1a) same as H06252

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם (ash.te.rot qar.na.yim) — Ashteroth-karnaim. Ashtoreth-karnaim = "Ashtoreth of the two horns or peaks" a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh Also named: qar.na.im (קַרְנַ֫יִם "Karnaim" H7161B)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם (H6255)

name · עַשְׁתֹּרֶת

Names of Locations

Ashteroth-Karnaim = town, possibly to be identified with Beeshterah, Ashtaroth and Karnaim; ◄ located in Bashan; ► place where Chedor-Laomer defeated the Rephaim

GEN 14:5

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת E. of Jordan base

Bible Occurrences (1)

14:5

H6255 עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם (ʻAshtᵉrôth Qarnayim) ash-ter-oth' kar-nah'-yim