Qᵉrîyôwth — H7152

Definition

locative proper noun

Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine

1. Kerioth = "cities"
2. a town in the southern district of Judah
3. a city in Moab

Usually translated as

Kerioth, Kirioth

Origin

plural of H7151; buildings

• Qiryâh (H7151)

Greek equivalents

• Iskariṓtēs (G2469)

Occurrences

Qᵉrîyôwth occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Jeremiah (2), Amos (1)

• Joshua 15:25 — And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth (וּקְרִיּ֔וֹת), and Hezron, which is Hazor,
• Jeremiah 48:24 — And upon Kerioth (קְרִיּ֖וֹת), and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
• Jeremiah 48:41 — Kerioth (הַקְּרִיּ֔וֹת) is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
• Amos 2:2 — But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth (הַקְּרִיּ֑וֹת): and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: