Kerioth

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Kerioth - cities.(hebrew: Kriyot קְרִיּוֹת)

1. A town in the south of Judea (Joshua 15:25). Judas Iscariot was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See Hazor).
2. A city of Moab (Jeremiah 48:24,48:41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.