קְרִיּוֹת Qᵉrîyôwth

Meaning

Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine

In the King James Version: Kerioth, Kirioth.

Derivation: plural of H7151 (קִרְיָה); buildings;

Where it is used

• Joshua 15:25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
• Jeremiah 48:24 upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
• Jeremiah 48:41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
• Amos 2:2 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.