Lexical Definition

‎קְרִיּוֹת‎ Qᵉrîyôwth (ker-ee-yoth') Kerioth ^N:N--L
plural of ‎קִרְיָה‎; buildings

Kerioth, Kirioth.

• § Kerioth = "cities"
• Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a town in the southern district of Judah
2) a city in Moab

See Greek: Ἰσκαριώτης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 vJer 48:41; Amos 2:2 perhaps = Ραββαθ Μωαβ = Μοαβ = Αρεοπολις (Euseb., see Lag^{Onom. 277, 60} and others), modernRabba, approximately 11 miles south of Arnon, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 270}.

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Kerioth-hezron • A town in the Negev region of Judah

Kerioth-hezron, also known as Hazor, was a town in the Negev region of Judah (Joshua 15:25).

• A location near Moladah מוֹלָדָה only mentioned at Jos.15.25;
• only referred to as Kerioth-hezron קְרִיּוֹת חֶצְרוֹן.
  

Kerioth-hezron, also referred to as Hazor in the same verse, was a town located in the Negev, the southern region of Judah (Joshua 15:25). It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the context of the list of towns allotted to the tribe of Judah. The name Kerioth-hezron may suggest that the town was associated with the Kenizzites, a group descended from Hezron, the grandson of Judah. Its location is unknown.

All entries for Kerioth-hezron: קְרִיּוֹת