קְרִיּוֹת
Qᵉrîyôwth · ker-ee-yoth'
Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: plural of H7151 (קִרְיָה); buildings;
Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kerioth, Kirioth.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְרִיּוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and kerioth1 · 25%
- and upon kerioth1 · 25%
- kerioth1 · 25%
- of kerioth1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.