קְרִיּוֹתQᵉrîyôwth
Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine
Pronunciation: ker-ee-yoth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7152
Meanings
1. in Judah (Joshua 15:25)
2. in Moab (Jeremiah 48:24; Jeremiah 48:41; Amos 2:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
- Jeremiah 48:24 on Kerioth and Bozrah— all the towns of Moab, far and near.
- Jeremiah 48:41 Its cities will fall, and its strongholds will be seized. Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
- Amos 2:2 So I will send down fire on the land of Moab, and all the fortresses in Kerioth will be destroyed. The people will fall in the noise of battle, as the warriors shout and the ram’s horn sounds.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).