Kerioth

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Kerioth
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Kerioth (Hebrew: קְרִיּוֹת, Qǝrīyyōṯ) is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2. The name means "cities," and is the plural of the Biblical Hebrew קריה.

  1. A town in the south of Judea (Joshua 15:25). Judas Iscariot may have been a native, hence his name "Iscariot".
  2. A city of Moab (Jeremiah 48:24,48:41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
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