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Kerioth (Hebrew: קְרִיּוֹת, Qǝrīyyōṯ) is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2. The name means "cities," and is the plural of the Biblical Hebrew קריה.
- A town in the south of Judea (Joshua 15:25). Judas Iscariot may have been a native, hence his name "Iscariot".
- A city of Moab (Jeremiah 48:24,48:41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
References
- Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901) . "Kerioth". In T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black (eds.). Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Kerioth". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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