Qîyr Cheres — H7025

Definition

locative proper noun

Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab

1. Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = "wall of potsherds"
2. one of the two chief strongholds of Moab

Usually translated as

Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kirharesh, Kir-heres

Origin

or (feminine of the latter word) Qîyr Chăreseth; from H7023 and H2789; fortress of earthenware

• Derived from Qîyr (H7023)
• Derived from Cheres (H2789)

Occurrences

Qîyr Cheres occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2)

• 2 Kings 3:25 — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth (בַּקִּ֖יר) left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
• Isaiah 16:7 — Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth (קִיר) shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
• Isaiah 16:11 — Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh (לְקִ֥יר).
• Jeremiah 48:31 — Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres (קִֽיר).
• Jeremiah 48:36 — Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres (קִֽיר): because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.