KERIOTH
KERIOTH (
Καριώθ, LXX.).
1.
A town of the tribe of Judah. (
Josh. 15.25.)
It was probably the birthplace of the traitor Judas, who owed his surname (
Ἰσκαριώτης) to this place. (Comp. Winer,
s. v. Judas.) Dr. Robinson (
Bibl. Res. vol. ii. p. 472) has suggested that it may be represented by
El-Kŭreyetein situated at the foot of the mountain ridge S. of Hebron, where there are sites of ruins visible.
2.
A town of Moab. (
Jer. 48.24, 41;
Amos, 2.2.) [
E.B.J]
