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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.
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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 towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:31 - Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 - “So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe; it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone.
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