KERIOTH kĕr’ ĭ ŏth (קְרִיֹּ֔ות, towns). The name of two cities mentioned in Scripture. 1. A city of Judah in the extreme S toward Edom. It also is called Hazor (Josh 15:25). The site is to be identified with Khirbet el-Qarratein, fourteen m. S of Hebron and sixteen m. W of the Dead Sea.

2. A city in Moab, mentioned in three passages of the prophets, which city was under God’s judgment (Jer 48:24, 41; Amos 2:2). In the Jeremiah 48:41 passage, RSV has tr. the word as a common noun “city” rather than as a proper noun “Kerioth.” The city is to be identified with the site, Saliya, approximately twenty-five m. E of the Dead Sea, just N of the Arnon River.