Strong's Lexicon: H7151 קִריָה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7151
Word:	קִריָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	36
Transliteration:	qiryah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kir-yaw'
Meaning:	1. a city
KJV Renderings:	city.

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BDB7576

קִרְיָה noun feminine town, city (synonym of עִיר, chiefly in poetry, and in the higher style; perhaps from above √ as meeting-place of men; compare proper name, of a location MI¹³ קרית, l.¹⁰ קריתן; Jewish-Aramaic קַרְיָה); — absolute ׳ ק Isa 1:21 +; construct קִרְיַת Num 21:28 +; —

1. in general Deut 2:36; Deut 3:4.

2. of specific towns, Hos 6:8 (גִּלְעָד, ᵐ5 ^Manuscripts Γαλγαλα, compare Now); קִרְיַת סִיחֹן Num 21:28 Damascus, מְשׂוֺשִׂי ׳ ק Jer 49:25 (|| עִיר תְּהִלָּה); especially of Jerusalem Mic 4:10; Isa 29:1; Isa 33:20, ׳ רְחֹבוֺת ק Lam 2:11, מֶלֶךְ רָ֑ב ׳ ק Ps 48:3, city for inhabitants 1Kgs 1:41 ; 1Kgs 1:45 , ׳ ק נֶאֱמָנָה Isa 1:21; Isa 1:26 (|| עִיר הַצֶּדֶק), עַלִּיזָה ׳ ק Isa 22:2 (|| עִיר הוֺמִיָּה), Isa 32:13.

3. in Isa 24-26 collective, i.e. denoting various, representative, cities, תֹּהוּ ׳ ק Isa 24:10, ׳ ק בְּצוּרָה Isa 25:2, גּוֺיִם עָרִיצִים ׳ ק Isa 25:3, נִשְׂגָּבָה ׳ ק Isa 26:5 so probably Hab 2:8; Hab 2:17.

4. indefinite, Hab 2:12 (|| עִיר); Prov 29:8, עֹז ׳ ק Prov 18:19 a city of strength, so עֻזּוֺ ׳ ק Prov 10:15 (in figurative) = Prov 18:11 (id.); = inhabitants, Prov 11:10, ׳ הֲמוֺן ק Job 39:7.

קִרְיַת see קִרְיַת יְעָרִים . above

BDB9872

קִרְיָה, אָ֯, noun feminine city ( ᵑ7 Syriac; S-C^{A 9} + קריה; see Biblical Hebrew, √ קרה; also Nö^{Beitr. 62}); — absolute הָ֯ Ezra 4:10, אָ֯ Ezra 4:15 emphatic קִרְיְתָא Ezra 4:12 Ezra 4:13 Ezra 4:15 Ezra 4:15 Ezra 4:16 Ezra 4:19 Ezra 4:21

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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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