HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7152
קְרִיּוֹת
qe.riy.yot — Kerioth
§ Kerioth = "cities" a town in the southern district of Judah
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Kerioth
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7156
קִרְיָתַ֫יִם
qir.ya.ta.yim — Kiriathaim
Kiriathaim = "two cities" a city east of the Jordan in Moab Also named: qe.riy.yot (קְרִיּוֹת "Kerioth" H7152H)
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Cities. (1.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See HAZOR [4]). (2.) A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.