Strong's Lexicon

H7152

H7152 — קְרִיוֹת

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

HebrewQriyowthName/l.Occurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7152
Word:	קְרִיוֹת
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	plural of H7151
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	Qriyowth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ker-ee-yoth'
Meaning:	1. buildings 2. Kerioth, the name of two places in Israel
KJV Renderings:	Kerioth, Kirioth.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7585

קרִיּוֺת proper name [of a location] (formed as plural intensive from קִרְיָה?); —

1. in Judah Josh 15:25 (αἱ πόλεις; whence, as supposed, Judas אִישׁ קְרִיּוֺת), perhaps †aryatên , approximately 12 miles south of Hebron, Buhl^{Geogr.
182.}

2. in Moab, Καριωθ, αἱ πόλεις; MI¹³ קרית: Jer 48:24, ׳ הַקּ Jer 48:41; Amos 2:2 perhaps = Ραββαθ Μωαβ = Μοαβ = Αρεοπολις (Euseb., see Lag^{Onom. 277, 60} and others), modern Rabba, approximately 11 miles south of Arnon, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 270}.