H7152 H7152
Kerioth (place name, lit. 'cities')
This place name, formed as an intensive plural from 'city,' identifies two distinct locations: one in Judah, possibly modern Qaryatein south of Hebron; another in Moab, likely ancient Rabbath-Moab (modern Rabba). The Moabite site appears in prophetic oracles against Moab and on the famous Mesha Stele. The name's plural form may denote a city of importance or a complex of settlements.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Identifies the Moabite city Kerioth in Jeremiah 48:24, 41 and Amos 2:2, and a Judean site in Joshua 15:25. The Septuagint renders it as αἱ πόλεις ('the cities'), preserving the plural meaning. The Moabite Kerioth appears on the Mesha Inscription (line 13: קרית) and is equated by Eusebius with Rabbath-Moab. Multilingual evidence shows transliteration: Spanish 'Keriyot/Queriot,' French 'Kerioth,' suggesting recognition as a proper name despite its common-noun etymology. The Judean site may be the home of Judas 'Iscariot' (אִישׁ קְרִיּוֹת, 'man of Kerioth'). 4×
AR["القُرى", "الْقُرَى", "قِرِيُوتَ", "وَ-قِرْيُوتُ"]·ben["এবং-কিরিয়োৎ", "করিয়োতের", "নগরগুলি"]·DE["[הקריות]", "[קריות]", "und-Keriyoth"]·EN["Kerioth", "Qeriyot", "and-Keriyoth", "the-cities"]·FR["Kerioth", "[הקריות]", "[קריות]", "et-Keriyoth"]·heb["ה-קריוֹת", "ה-קריות", "ו-קריות", "קריות"]·HI["और-करियोत", "करियोत", "करीयोत-के", "नगर"]·ID["Keriot", "dan-Keriot", "kota-kota"]·IT["[הקריות]", "[קריות]", "e-Keriyoth"]·jav["Keriot", "Kériot", "kitha-kitha-ipun", "lan-Kèriot"]·KO["게리요스", "그리고-그리옇", "기랭의", "성읍들이"]·PT["Qeriyot", "as-Qeriyot", "as-cidades", "e-Qeriyot"]·RU["Керийофа", "Керият", "города", "и-Керийот-Хецрон"]·ES["Keriyot", "Queriot", "las-ciudades", "y-Queriot"]·SW["Keriothi", "Kerioti", "miji", "na-Keriothi"]·TR["Keriyot'un", "ve-Keriyyot", "şehirler"]·urd["-قریوت-کے", "-قلعے", "اور-قریوت", "قریوت"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קְרִיּוֹת n.pr.loc. (formed as pl. intens. from קִרְיָה?);— 1. in Judah Jos 15:25 (αἱ πόλεις; whence, as supposed, Judas אִישׁ קְרִיּוֹת), perhaps Ḳaryatên, c. 12 m. S. of Hebron, BuhlGeogr. 182. 2. in Moab, Καριωθ, αἱ πόλεις; MI13 קרית: Je 48:24, הַקּ׳ v 41 Am 2:2; perhaps = Ραββαθ Μωαβ = Μοαβ = Αρεοπολις (Euseb., v. LagOnom. 227, 60 al.), mod. Rabba, c. 11 m. S. of Arnon, cf. BuhlGeogr. 270.