(Kerioth)-hezron
חֶצְרוֹןStrong’s H7152chetsron (chets-ron)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chetsron is the Hebrew word usually translated “kerioth”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,”
Meaning
- Hezron = "surrounded by a wall"
- § Kerioth = "cities"
How it's translated
- kerioth 3
- and kerioth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- Joshua 1
- Amos 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 48:24And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
- Jeremiah 48:41Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Amos 2:2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
Hebrew dictionary
חֶצְרוֹן chetsron · (Kerioth)-hezron
Hezron = "surrounded by a wall" a place in the extreme south of Judah Combined with qe.riy.yot (קְרִיּוֹת "Kerioth" H7152)
קְרִיּוֹת qeriyyot · Kerioth
§ Kerioth = "cities" a town in the southern district of Judah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.