גִּתָּ֑יִם
git.ta.yim
Gittaim
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Gittaim: A Biblical Place Name Gittaim (גִּתָּ֑יִם) is a geographical location that appears twice in the Hebrew Bible. The word functions as a proper noun—a place name rather than a common word with variable meaning. Based on its limited attestation, we can identify it as a specific site within the biblical landscape, though the lexicon data provided does not specify its exact location or geographical features. The rarity of Gittaim's appearance in the biblical text (only two occurrences) suggests it was either a minor settlement, a location of limited narrative importance, or perhaps a place known primarily within specific historical or genealogical contexts. Without additional contextual information from the lexicon entry, the precise significance of this location to biblical history or geography cannot be determined from the data alone. Its inclusion in the biblical record indicates it held some relevance to the narratives or lists in which it appears, but the nature of that relevance remains unstated in the provided definition.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text