HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7178
קִרְיָתַ֫יִם
qir.ya.ta.yim — Kartan
Kartan, commander, (Jos.21.32)
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Kartan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 21:32). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the ruined village el-Katanah.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.