Strong's Lexicon

H7025

H7025 — קִיר חֶרֶשׂ קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewQiyrName/l.Occurrences: 5

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7025
Word:	קִיר חֶרֶשׂ קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	from H7023 and H2789
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	Qiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	Cheres (keer kheh'-res) (or (feminine of the latter word) Qiyr Chareseth {keer khar-eh'-seth}) n/l.
Meaning:	1. fortress of earthenware 2. Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab
KJV Renderings:	Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kir-haresh, Kir-heres.

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BDB7434

II. קִיר in proper name [of a location] of Moabite cities (compare קר = city MI^{11, 12, 24} , plural קרן Jer 1:29); — ᵐ5 usually omitted, or reads τὸ τεῖχος; —

1. מוֺאָב ׳ ק Isa 15:1, possibly Rabba, south of Arnon, see Buhl^Geogr.270.

2. חֶ֫רֶשׂ ׳ ק Jer 48:31; Jer 48:36, חָ֑רֶשׂ ׳ ק Isa 16:11 = חֲרֶ֫שֶׂת ׳ ק Isa 16:7, חֲדָ֑שֶׂת ׳ ק 2Kgs 3:25 ( Gi חֲרָ֑שֶׁת ׳ ק), perhaps Kerak, south of Rabba, see Buhl^{lb., and} compare (on Kerak) Palmer^{Des. of Ex. ii. 472} Dowling^{PEQ. Oct.
1896, 327}, especially Mauss in de Luynes^{Voyage à la Mer Morte (1864), ii. 106 ff., iii (Atlas, near
the end), 13 plural}