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Lexicon :: Strong's H7025 - qîr-ḥereś

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קִיר־חֶרֶשׂ
Transliteration
qîr-ḥereś
Pronunciation
keer kheh'-res
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: קיר-חרש (Strongs) קיר חרשת (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

קִיר חֶרֶשׂ Qîyr Cheres, keer kheh'-res; or (feminine of the latter word) קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת Qîyr Chăreseth; from H7023 and H2789; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab:—Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kirharesh, Kir-heres.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H7025 in the following manner: Kirheres (2x), Kirharaseth (1x), Kirhareseth (1x), Kirharesh (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H7025 in the following manner: Kirheres (2x), Kirharaseth (1x), Kirhareseth (1x), Kirharesh (1x).

  1. Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = "wall of potsherds"

    1. one of the two chief strongholds of Moab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִיר חֶרֶשׂ Qîyr Cheres, keer kheh'-res; or (feminine of the latter word) קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת Qîyr Chăreseth; from H7023 and H2789; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab:—Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kirharesh, Kir-heres.
STRONGS H7025: Abbreviations
2. חֶ֫רֶשׂ ק׳ Jeremiah 48:31, Jeremiah 48:36, חָ֑רֶשׂ ק׳ Isaiah 16:11 = חֲרֶ֫שֶׂת ק׳ Isaiah 16:7, חֲדָ֑שֶׂת ק׳ 2 Kings 3:25 (Gi חֲרָ֑שֶׁת ק׳), perhaps Kerak, south of Rabba, see Buhlib., and compare (on Kerak) PalmerDes. of Exodus II: 472 DowlingPEQ. Oct. 1896, 327, especially Mauss in de LuynesVoyage à la Mer Morte (1864), ii. 106 ff., iii (Atlas, near the end), 13 plural

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H7024.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

3:25

Isaiah

16:7; 16:11

Jeremiah

48:31; 48:36

H7025

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7025 matches the Hebrew קִיר־חֶרֶשׂ (qîr-ḥereś),
which occurs 10 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the [walls of the] cities, and each man threw a stone on every piece of good land, covering it [with stones]. And they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until they left nothing in Kir-hareseth [Moab’s capital city] but its stones. Then the [stone] slingers surrounded the city and destroyed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 -

Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail.

You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth,

As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 -

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab,

And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:31 -

“Therefore I will wail over Moab,

And I will cry out for all Moab.

I will sigh and mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 -

“Therefore My heart moans and sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans and sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore [the remnant of] the abundant riches they gained has perished.

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