Place
Name meaning: the cities; the callings (Hitchcock)
Cities. (1.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor 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 [4]).
(2.) A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(cities).
A name which occurs among the lists of the towns in the southern district of Judah. (Joshua 15:25) Supposed by some to have been the birthplace of Judas Iscariot.
A city of Moab, named by Jeremiah only, (Jeremiah 48:24)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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