Strong H7025קִיר חֶרֶשׂ
Kir-hareseth
- Transliteration
- qîyr chereώ qîyr chăreώeth
- Pronunciation
- (keer) {kheh'-res} khar-eh'-seth
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = "wall of potsherds"
Detailed definition
Kir, also known as Mizpeh, was a Moabite city that faced destruction by the Babylonians (Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1, 23).
In the biblical story
Kir
A city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam
Kir, a city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam, was the place where the Arameans were exiled and from where they originally came (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 9:7).
In the Bible
Strong H7025 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- here2
- haraseth1
- hareseth1
- haresh1
First verses
- 2 Kings 3:25And 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 left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
- Isaiah 16:11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.
- Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.
- Jeremiah 48:36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.