Strong's Lexicon: H7024 קִיר | AI Bible Commentary

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7024
Word:	קִיר
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	the same as H7023
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	Qiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	keer
Meaning:	1. fortress 2. Kir, a place in Assyrian 3. also one in Moab
KJV Renderings:	Kir.

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

1. usually of house or chamber:

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

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

c. both inner and outer Ezek 41:17 Ezek 41:20 Ezek 41:25.

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

e. thickness specified, Ezek 41:5; Ezek 41:9; Ezek 41:12; Ezek 41:13 (of Ezekiel's temple). feminine as enclosing, 2Kgs 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה , q. v.); as separating Ezek 43:8.

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

3. more generally, 1Kgs 5:13, and (in phrase מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר) 1Sam 25:22; 1Sam 25:34; 1Kgs 14:10; 1Kgs 16:11; 1Kgs 21:21; 2Kgs 9:8 in figure Ezek 13:12; Ezek 13:14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare Albr^{ZAW
xvi (1896), 85} Kö^ff. 2, 175), Ezek 13:15 Ezek 13:15 (|| חַיִץ Ezek 13:10, נָטוּי ׳ ק Ps 62:4 אֶבֶן 2Sam 5:11 = ׳ ק 1Chr 14:1, compare Hab 2:11 (figurative); קִיר בַּדְוֶל Ezek 4:3 (symbolic). — Isa 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 Ezek 41:22; Exod 30:3; Exod 37:26; Lev 1:15; Lev 5:9 (all P ).

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

BDB7434

II. קִיר in proper name [of a location] of Moabite cities (compare קר = city MI^{11, 12, 24} , plural קרן Jer 1:29); — ᵐ5 usually omitted, or reads τὸ τεῖχος; —

1. מוֺאָב ׳ ק Isa 15:1, possibly Rabba, south of Arnon, see Buhl^Geogr.270.

2. חֶ֫רֶשׂ ׳ ק Jer 48:31; Jer 48:36, חָ֑רֶשׂ ׳ ק Isa 16:11 = חֲרֶ֫שֶׂת ׳ ק Isa 16:7, חֲדָ֑שֶׂת ׳ ק 2Kgs 3:25 ( Gi חֲרָ֑שֶׁת ׳ ק), perhaps Kerak, south of Rabba, see Buhl^{lb., and} compare (on Kerak) Palmer^{Des. of Ex. ii. 472} Dowling^{PEQ. Oct.
1896, 327}, especially Mauss in de Luynes^{Voyage à la Mer Morte (1864), ii. 106 ff., iii (Atlas, near
the end), 13 plural}

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III. קִיר proper name [of a territory or people] ׳ ק original house of Aram Amos 9:7 קִ֫ירָה as place of exile Amos 1:5; 2Kgs 16:9 ( ᵐ5 τὴν πόλιν); קִיר as people in Assyrian army Isa 22:6 (Isa 22:5 see I. קִיר near the end). — Location dubious, see conspectus of older views Dr^{Amos 1:5}; plausible is some tribe in Southern Babylonia, east of Tigris Wkl^{AT Unters 178}, compare Hal^{REJ xi. 60}; — WMM^{Hast. DB KIB} everywhere strike out, or emend קוֺעַ , but see I. קִיר 3 above

קֵירֹס = קֵרֹס