Jeremiah 48:24
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קְרִיּוֹת
Qᵉrîyôwth
Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
Key Terms in This Verse
מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
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