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. 2. p. 472) has suggested that it may be represented by El-Kŭreyeteinsituated 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]