This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
- Kerioth-hezron: A town in the Negev region of Judah
- Kiriathaim: A Moabite city, later allotted to Reuben
Definition
plural of H7151; buildings; Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Kerioth, Kirioth.
Traditional renderings: Kerioth, Kirioth.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4 total
- Joshua 15:25וּקְרִיּ֔וֹת · Kerioth-hezronHazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
- Jeremiah 48:24קְרִיּ֖וֹת · Kerioth…upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
- Jeremiah 48:41הַקְּרִיּ֔וֹת · KiriothKirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- Amos 2:2הַקְּרִיּ֑וֹת · of KeriothSo I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.