Strong H6255עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם

Ashteroth-karnaim

Transliteration
‛ashterôth qarnayim
Pronunciation
ash-ter-oth' kar-nah'-yim
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H6252 and the dual of H7161; Ashtaroth of (the) double horns (a symbol of the deity);
Ashteroth {Karnaim} a place East of the Jordan: - Ashtoreth Karnaim.

Meaning of the name

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

Detailed definition

Ashteroth-karnaim was a city east of the Jordan River defeated by King Chedorlaomer.

In the biblical story

Ashteroth-karnaim

Ancient city defeated by Chedorlaomer

Ashteroth-karnaim was a city east of the Jordan River defeated by King Chedorlaomer.

In the Bible

Strong H6255 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • karnaim1

First verses

  1. 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,
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