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Strong's #7025: Qiyr Cheres (pronounced keer kheh'-res)

or (feminine of the latter word) Qiyr Chareseth {keer khar-eh'-seth}; from 7023 and 2789; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab:--Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kir-haresh, Kir-heres.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׂ / ׂ

qı̂yr chereś / qı̂yr chăreśeth

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

1) one of the two chief strongholds of Moab

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from H7023 and H2789



Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

2 Kings 3:25: "the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about"
Isaiah 16:7: "every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken."
Isaiah 16:11: "shall sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh."
Jeremiah 48:31: "Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres."
Jeremiah 48:36: "shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches"









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