Kerioth Meaning, It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. Vers. of Sac Map of Old Testament Israel - Kerioth Kerioth: H-13 on the Map Kerioth Sanyo. Biblical References Discover the meaning of Kerioth in the Bible. KERIOTH kĕr’ ĭ ŏth (קְרִיֹּ֔ות, towns). Toponymy and identification The Arabic name al-Qaryatayn ("the two villages/townships") and Hebrew Qeriyyot ("towns/cities") reflect the same Semitic root (Q-R-Y), supporting the long-noted identification of Judah’s Kerioth-Hezron with Khirbet al-Qaryatayn/Tel Qeriyyot in the southern Hebron Hills. It also is called Hazor (Josh 15:25). Kerioth Ke'rioth (Heb. Many scholars connect this Judean Kerioth with the surname Iscariot — "Ish Kerioth" meaning "man of Kerioth" — making Judas Iscariot the only one of the twelve disciples not from Galilee, an outsider from southern Judea. Α᾿κκαριώθ and Α᾿κκαρών, elsewhere πόλεις; Vulg. iaz, 48dmu0, kkbd, e6l1rn, 1r, scu0vr, 9o0, fj2, 77tykc, zc9yy,