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Kerioth

קְרִיּוֹתStrong’s H7156

qeriyyot (qe-riy-yot)

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qeriyyot is the Hebrew word usually translated “kiriathaim”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,”
Genesis 14:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. Kerioth = "cities"
  2. Kiriathaim, villages (1Ch.6.76)
How it's translated
  • kiriathaim 5
  • and kiriathaim 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Genesis 1
  • Numbers 1
  • Joshua 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • Ezekiel 1

6 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

קְרִיּוֹת qeriyyot · Kerioth

Kerioth = "cities" a city in Moab Another name of qir.ya.ta.yim (קִרְיָתַ֫יִם "Kiriathaim" H7156G)

קִרְיָתַ֫יִם qiryatayim · Kiriathaim

Kiriathaim, villages (1Ch.6.76) § Kiriathaim = "two cities" a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

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.