Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7025: קִיר חֶרֶשׂ

Qîyr Cheres · pronounced keer kheh'-res · “Kir-hareseth”

Definition

Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab

KJV translates it as: Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kirharesh, Kir-heres.

Word origin: or (feminine of the latter word) קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת; from H7023 (קִיר) and H2789 (חֶרֶשׂ); fortress of earthenware;

Extended definition

Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = "wall of potsherds"
one of the two chief strongholds of Moab
Another name of qir (קִיר "Kir" H7024B)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7025 is translated

  • kir ×5
  • heres ×3
  • hareseth ×2

Bible verses with H7025 (Qîyr Cheres)

Qîyr cheres appears in 5 verses.

  • 2 Kings 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.

  • Isaiah 16:7

    Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

  • Isaiah 16:11

    Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.

  • Jeremiah 48:31

    Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.

  • Jeremiah 48:36

    Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.