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Strong H71522 sensesקְרִיּוֹת

Kerioth

Transliteration
qerîyôth
Pronunciation
ker-ee-yoth'

Meaning of the name

Kerioth = "cities"

The 2 senses of Strong H7152

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7152 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A Moabite city, later allotted to ReubenH7152H3 verses · Jeremiah, Amos
  2. A town in the Negev region of JudahH7152G1 verse · Joshua

General definition

Plural of H7151; buildings;
{Kerioth} the name of two places in Palestine: - {Kerioth} Kirioth.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • kerioth4

First verses

  1. Joshua 15:25
    And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
  2. Jeremiah 48:24
    And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  3. Jeremiah 48:41
    Kerioth 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.
  4. Amos 2:2
    But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: