Lexical Summary Qiyr: "wall", a city in Moab Original Word: קִירTransliteration: Qiyr Phonetic Spelling: (keer) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "wall", a city in Moab Meaning: Kir -- "wall", a city in Moab Strong's Concordance Kir The same as qiyr; fortress; Kir, a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab -- Kir. Compare Qiyr Cheres. see HEBREW qiyr see HEBREW Qiyr Cheres Brown-Driver-Briggs H7024. Qiyr II. קִיר in proper name, of a location of Moabite cities (compare קר = city MI11, 12, 24, plural קרן Jeremiah 1:29); — ᵐ5 usually omitted, or reads τὸ τεῖχος; — 1 ׳ק מוֺאָב Isaiah 15:1, possibly Rabba, south of Arnon, see BuhlGeogr.270. 2 ׳ק חֶ֫רֶשׂ Jeremiah 48:31, 36, ׳ק חָ֑רֶשׂ Isaiah 16:11 = ׳ק חֲרֶ֫שֶׂת 16:7, ׳ק חֲדָ֑שֶׂת 2 Kings 3:25 (Gi ׳ק חֲרָ֑שֶׁת), perhaps Kerak, south of Rabba, see Buhllb., and compare (on Kerak) PalmerDes. of Exodus 2.472 DowlingPEQ. Oct. 1896, 327, especially Mauss in de LuynesVoyage à la Mer Morte (1864), ii. 106 ff., iii (Atlas, near the end), 13 plural III. קִיר proper name, of a territory or people ׳ק original house of Aram Amos 9:7; קִ֫ירָה as place of exile 1:5; 2 Kings 16:9 (ᵐ5 τὴν πόλιν); קִיר as people in Assyrian army Isaiah 22:6 (22:5 see I. קִיר near the end). — Location dubious, see conspectus of older views DrAmos 1:5; plausible is some tribe in Southern Babylonia, east of Tigris WklAT Unters 178, compare HalREJ xi. 60; — WMMHast. DB KIB everywhere strike out, or emend קוֺעַ, but see I. קִיר 3 above קֵירֹס = קֵרֹס |
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