קִיר חֶרֶשׂ
kir-cheres · Kir-hareseth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7025 · appears 10 times in the Bible
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kir-cheres (קִיר חֶרֶשׂ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Kir-hareseth”.
A fortified city of Moab; the name means "wall of baked brick." It is also called Kir-heres or Kir of Moab (Isaiah 15:1; 16:7, 11).
How to say it
kir che·res
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Kir-heres ×6
- Kir-hareseth ×4
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 3:25
They tore down the cities, and on every good plot of land each one threw his stone and they filled it; they stopped up every spring of water and felled every good tree, until only in Kir-hareseth its stones were left; and the slingers surrounded it and struck it.
- Isaiah 16:7
Therefore Moab will wail for Moab, all of it will wail; for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you will murmur, utterly stricken.
- Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my insides for Moab like a lyre moan, and my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- Jeremiah 48:31
Therefore over Moab I will wail, and for Moab, all of it, I will cry out; for the men of Kir-heres one moans.
- Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart moans for Moab like flutes, and my heart for the men of Kir-heres moans like flutes; therefore the surplus he had made has perished.
And 5 more times.