Kir-haraseth — the meaning of the Hebrew name קִיר חֶרֶשׂ

קִיר חֶרֶשׂ

Qîyr Cheres · pronounced keer kheh'-res · Strong's H7025 · a place · also spelled Kir-hareseth, Kirharesh, Kir-heres

Kir-haraseth means fortress of earthenware.

Built from

קִיר qîyr (from, H7023) — a wall (as built in a trench) open in the lexicon ›

חֶרֶשׂ cheres (and, H2789) — a piece of pottery open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or (feminine of the latter word) קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת; from H7023 and H2789; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab.

First appearance

2Kgs 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. (KJV)

Every verse that names Kir-haraseth

5 occurrences in 5 verses — 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah

2Kgs 3:25Isa 16:7Isa 16:11Jer 48:31Jer 48:36

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