Ashtoreth Karnaim — the meaning of the Hebrew name עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם

עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם

ʻAshtᵉrôth Qarnayim · pronounced ash-ter-oth' kar-nah'-yim · Strong's H6255 · a place

Ashtoreth Karnaim means Ashtaroth of (the) double horns (a symbol of the deity).

Built from

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ʻAshtârôwth (from, H6252) — Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan open in the lexicon ›

קֶרֶן qeren (the dual of, H7161) — a horn (as projecting) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's 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.

First appearance

Gen 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, (KJV)

Every verse that names Ashtoreth Karnaim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

Gen 14:5

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