H6255: עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם
ʻAshtᵉrôth Qarnayim · pronounced ash-ter-oth' kar-nah'-yim · “Ashteroth-karnaim”
Definition
Ashteroth-Karnaim, a place East of the Jordan
KJV translates it as: Ashtoreth Karnaim.
Word origin: from H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת) and the dual of H7161 (קֶרֶן); Ashtaroth of (the) double horns (a symbol of the deity);
Extended definition
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)
a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh
Also named: qar.na.im (קַרְנַ֫יִם "Karnaim" H7161B)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6255 is translated
- ashteroth ×1
- karnaim ×1
Bible verses with H6255 (ʻAshtᵉrôth Qarnayim)
ʻashtᵉrôth qarnayim appears in 1 verse.
- Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,