abstract | - 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).
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