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Strong's #7023 - קִירָה

Transliteration

qîyr

Phonetics

keer, keer, kee-raw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H6979)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

2022

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) wall, side

1a) wall (of house or chamber)

1b) the sides (of the altar)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 145 ‑ αἰσθητήριον (ahee‑sthay‑tay'‑ree‑on); 939 ‑ βάσις (bas'‑ece); 1385 ‑ δοκός (dok‑os'); 5038 ‑ τεῖχος (ti'‑khos); 5109 ‑ τοῖχος (toy'‑khos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (74)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 25

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

NAS (64)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 25

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

HCS (72)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 6

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 25

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

BSB (74)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 25

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

ESV (63)

Leviticus 4

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 25

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

WEB (74)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 25

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

KJV (74)

masons 1

side 2

sides 2

town 1

very 1

wall 50

walls 16

NAS (64)

Oh 1

ceiling 1

city 1

side 2

sides 3

surface 1

wall 41

walled 1

walls 13

HCS (72)

* 9

The wall 1

a wall 1

against a wall 1

city walls 1

it 1

on the wall 1

one wall 1

sides 3

surface of the ceiling 1

surface of the wall 1

the side 2

the surface 1

the wall 4

the walls 4

wall 32

wall of the city 1

walls 7

BSB (74)

* 6

The wall 1

against a wall 1

against the wall 1

and sides 1

and the wall 1

by the wall 1

ceiling 1

down the walls 1

from the wall 2

in the wall 2

on the wall 1

on the walls 3

one wall 1

the city walls 1

the side 2

the sides 2

the surface of the wall 1

the wall 15

the walls 4

through the wall 5

to the wall 2

wall 4

walls 4

was built into the wall 1

when the wall 1

with its walls 1

with only a wall 1

ESV (63)

city 1

masons 1

side 2

wall 40

walls 19

WEB (74)

* 2

Against the wall 1

against a wall 2

against the wall 2

against the walls 1

all the walls 1

and by all the wall 1

and its walls 2

and masons 2

and the wall 1

and there was but the wall 1

at my very 1

by the wall 1

down of the walls 1

even to the wall 2

for the wall 1

herself to the wall 1

in the wall 3

in the walls 2

into the wall 2

is in the walls 1

it for a wall 1

its sides 2

now in the wall 1

of the wall 3

on a wall 4

on the side 2

on the wall 6

on the walls 2

shall be from the wall 1

the one wall 1

the wall 3

the walls 2

through the wall 3

thus was the wall 1

to 1

to the wall 4

to the walls 1

wall 2

was on the side 1

with its walls 1

you by the walls 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1434) r q (קר QR) AC: Call CO: Meeting AB: Event: The pictograph q is a picture of the sun at the horizon and the gathering of the light, the r is a picture of the head of a man. Combined these mean "gather the men". The meeting or bringing together of people or objects by arrangement, accident or purchase. (eng: occur; call - with the exchange of the l and r)

A) r q (קר QR) AC: ? CO: Cold AB: ?: Men often came together during the cool of the evening to discuss the news of the camp.

N^m) r q (קר QR) - Cold: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (3): cold - Strongs: H7119 (קַר)

N^f1) e r q (קרה QRH) - Cold: A cold wind or cold weather. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (5): cold - Strongs: H7135 (קָרָה)

N^f2) t r q (קרת QRT) - City: A place of meeting within the city, either at the entrance or a high place. KJV (5): city - Strongs: H7176 (קֶרֶת)

f^m) i r q (קרי QRY) - Contrary: An opposition. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (7): contrary - Strongs: H7147 (קְרִי)

k^f1) e r q m (מקרה MQRH) - Cool: A cool place to escape the heat. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (2): summer - Strongs: H4747 (מְקֵרָה)

E) a r q (קרא QRA) AC: Call CO: Meeting AB: ?: A calling together for assembly.

V) a r q (קרא QRA) - I. Call:To call or call out, to call a name or give a name. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Meet:To come together to meet. Also a chance encounter. III. Read:To read a scroll in the presence of those called to a meeting. KJV (883): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) call, cry, read, proclaim, name, guest, invite, gave, renown, bidden, preach, read, cry, call, befall, encounter, chance, happen, met, fall, meet, against, come, help, seek - Strongs: H7121 (קָרָא), H7122 (קָרָא), H7123 (קְרָא), H7125 (קִרְאָה)

b^m) a i r q (קריא QRYA) - Selected: Individuals called out for a special purpose. KJV (3): famous - Strongs: H7148 (קָרִיא)

b^f1) e a i r q (קריאה QRYAH) - Selected: KJV (1): preaching - Strongs: H7150 (קְרִיאָה)

g^m) a r f q (קורא QWRA) - Partridge: From its distinctive call. KJV (2): partridge - Strongs: H7124 (קֹרֵא)

h^m) a r q m (מקרא MQRA) - I. Meeting:A calling together to meet. II. Reading:The reading from a scroll at a called meeting. KJV (23): convocation, assembly, calling, reading - Strongs: H4744 (מִקְרָא)

H) e r q (קרה QRH) AC: Meet CO: Event AB: ?: The meeting or bringing together of people or objects by arrangement, accident or purchase.

V) e r q (קרה QRH) - Meet: To go to meet another or a chance encounter. KJV (27): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) happen, meet, beam, befall, brought - Strongs: H7136 (קָרָה)

N^m) e r q (קרה QRH) - Event: KJV (1): chance - Strongs: H7137 (קָרֶה)

f^f1) e i r q (קריה QRYH) - City: A meeting place. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (40): city - Strongs: H7149 (קִרְיָה), H7151 (קִרְיָה)

h^m) e r q m (מקרה MQRH) - Event: KJV (10): befall, event, hap, chance, happen - Strongs: H4745 (מִקְרֶה)

k^m) e r q m (מקרה MQRH) - Hall: A meeting place. KJV (1): building - Strongs: H4746 (מְקָרֶה)

J) r f q (קור QWR) AC: ? CO: Sit AB: ?

N^m ) r f q (קור QWR) - I. Web:The web of a spider as a sitting place. II. Cold:[Unknown connection to root] KJV (3): cold, web - Strongs: H7120 (קֹר), H6980 (קוּר)

N^f1) e r f q (קורה QWRH) - Log: Used to sit on when meeting. Also used as beams in the roof of a house. KJV (5): roof, beam - Strongs: H6982 (קֹרָה)

L) r q i (יקר YQR) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Precious: Something of value. [Unknown connection to root;]

V) r q i (יקר YQR) - Precious: To be considered of value. KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) precious, prized, set, withdraw - Strongs: H3365 (יָקַר)

N^m) r q i (יקר YQR) - I. Precious:Something of value. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Value:Something counted as valuable. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (60): precious, costly, excellent, brightness, clear, fat, reputation, honourable, glory, honour, precious, price - Strongs: H3366 (יְקָר), H3367 (יְקָר), H3368 (יָקָר)

b^m) r i q i (יקיר YQYR) - Precious: Something of value. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (3): dear - Strongs: H3357 (יַקִּיר), H3358 (יַקִּיר)

M) r i q (קיר QYR) AC: ? CO: Wall AB: ?

N^m ) r i q (קיר QYR) - Wall: The place of the city where elders meet. KJV (74): wall, side, mason, town - Strongs: H7023 (קִירָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2730 H r q (Shave, Bald)
A2731 M r q (Cover)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. קִיר noun masculine^{Psalm 62:4} wall (√ unknown); — absolute ׳ק Numbers 22:25 +, קִר Isaiah 22:5; construct קִיר 1 Kings 6:5 +; plural קִירוֺת 1 Kings 6:16 +, construct id., 1 Kings 6:5 +; suffix קִירֹתָיו Exodus 30:3 +, etc.; — wall, especially as flat surface:

1 usually of house or chamber:

a. inner surface, Amos 5:19; 1 Samuel 18:11 9t., + (of temple) 1 Kings 6:15 a + 1 Kings 6:15 b (but read קוֺרוֺת beams, with ᵐ5 The Kit Benz), 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:27; 1 Kings 6:27 6t.

b. outer surface, 2 Kings 9:33; Ezekiel 33:30; Isaiah 59:10 (in simile); so זֶרֶם קִיר Isaiah 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du Che^Hpt and others read קֹר; JP Peters^{JBL xi (1892), 46} proposes בָּדָד [as Isaiah 28:2]); of temple 1 Kings 6:5 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:6, compare Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse).

c. both inner and outer Ezekiel 41:17; Ezekiel 41:20; Ezekiel 41:25.

d. indeterminate, Ezekiel 12:5,7,12; Ezekiel 23:14.

e. thickness specified, Ezekiel 41:5,9,12,13 (of Ezekiel's temple).

f. as enclosing, 2 Kings 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה, q. v.); as separating Ezekiel 43:8.

2 wall of (temple-)court Ezekiel 8:7,8 (twice in verse) (in vision); of vineyard Numbers 22:25 (twice in verse) (J), of city Numbers 35:4 (P), compare חַחוֺמָה׳ק Joshua 2:15 (JE) the (inner) surface of the wall.

3 more Generally, 1 Kings 5:13, and (in phrase מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר) 1 Samuel 25:22,34; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; in figure Ezekiel 13:12,14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 85} Kö^ff. 2,175), Ezekiel 13:15; Ezekiel 13:15 ("" חַיִץ Ezekiel 13:10, נָטוּי׳ק Psalm 62:4; אֶבֶן 2 Samuel 5:11 = ׳ק 1 Chronicles 14:1, compare Habakkuk 2:11 (figurative); קִיר בַּדְוֶל Ezekiel 4:3 (symbolic). — Isaiah 22:5 is dubious: usually wall (so even Du Che^Hpt Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Che^{comm.. III.} קִיר Klo Brd Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 177} קוֺע, so WMM^{Hast. DB KIR}, but see Dr^ib.KOA.

4 of flat side of altar Ezekiel 41:22; Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26; Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9 (all P).

5קִירוֺת לִכִּי Jeremiah 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).

List of Word Forms

בְּקִ֑יר בְּקִ֔יר בְּקִ֣יר בְּקִ֥יר בְּקִֽיר׃ בְּקִֽירוֹת־ בְּקִירֹ֣ת בְּקִירֹ֥ת בַּקִּ֑יר בַּקִּ֔יר בַּקִּ֣יר בַּקִּ֥יר בַּקִּ֨יר בַּקִּֽיר׃ בַקִּ֑יר בַקִּ֖יר בקיר בקיר׃ בקירות־ בקירת הַקִּ֑יר הַקִּ֔יר הַקִּ֖יר הַקִּ֛יר הַקִּ֧יר הַקִּ֨יר הַקִּֽיר׃ הַקִּיר֑וֹת הַקִּיר֔וֹת הַקִּירֽוֹת׃ הקיר הקיר׃ הקירות הקירות׃ וְהַקִּ֖יר וְקִ֖יר וְקִ֣ירוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְקִ֧יר וְקִֽירֹתָ֖יו וְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יו וּבַקִּ֑יר וּבַקִּ֔יר ובקיר והקיר וקיר וקירותיה וקירותיו וקירתיו כְּקִ֥יר כקיר לְקִ֣יר לַקִּיר֑וֹת לקיר לקירות מִקִּ֣יר מִקִּ֤יר מקיר קִ֑יר קִ֔יר קִ֖ר קִ֣יר קִ֥יר קִ֨יר קִֽיר־ קִֽיר׃ קִיר֙ קִיר֣וֹת קִיר֤וֹת קִיר֥וֹת קִיר֨וֹת קִירֹתָ֛יו קיר קיר־ קיר׃ קירות קירתיו קר bakKir baq·qîr ḇaq·qîr baqqîr ḇaqqîr bə·qî·rō·wṯ- bə·qî·rōṯ bə·qîr beKir bekiRot bəqîr bəqîrōṯ bəqîrōwṯ- hakKir hakkiRot haq·qî·rō·wṯ haq·qîr haqqîr haqqîrōwṯ kə·qîr keKir kəqîr kir kiRot kiroTav lakkiRot laq·qî·rō·wṯ laqqîrōwṯ lə·qîr leKir ləqîr mikKir miq·qîr miqqîr qî·rō·ṯāw qî·rō·wṯ qir qîr qîr- qîrōṯāw qîrōwṯ ū·ḇaq·qîr ūḇaqqîr uvakKir vakKir vehakKir veKir vekiroTav veKiroTeiha wə·haq·qîr wə·qî·rō·ṯāw wə·qî·rō·w·ṯāw wə·qî·rō·w·ṯe·hā wə·qîr wəhaqqîr wəqîr wəqîrōṯāw wəqîrōwṯāw wəqîrōwṯehā