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Ashtoreth Karnaim; Ashterothkarnaim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Ashteroth of two peaks). A city of the giant Rephaim in Bashan (Gen. 14:5⁵And 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, (Genesis 14:5)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City of the Rephaims who were smitten by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5⁵And 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, (Genesis 14:5)). Identified with Tell Ashary, 32° 46' N, 36° 1' E.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6255 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

`Ashtroth

Phonic:

Qarnayim

Meaning:

from 6252 and the dual of 7161; Ashtaroth of (the) double horns (a symbol of the deity); Ashteroth-Karnaim, a place East of the Jordan

KJV Usage:

Ashtoreth Karnaim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

double horn

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Of the idols of Astartes of two horns, or peaks:―a city of Rephaim in Bashan, Gen. 14:5. {Idolorum Astartes bicornis }