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Lexicon :: Strong's H7023 - qîr

Aa
קִיר
Transliteration
qîr
Pronunciation
keer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2022

Strong’s Definitions

קִיר qîyr, keer; or קִר qir; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה qîyrâh; from H6979; a wall (as built in a trench):— mason, side, town, × very, wall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x

The KJV translates Strong's H7023 in the following manner: wall (66x), side (4x), masons (2x), town (1x), very (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x
The KJV translates Strong's H7023 in the following manner: wall (66x), side (4x), masons (2x), town (1x), very (1x).

  1. wall, side

    1. wall (of house or chamber)

    2. the sides (of the altar)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִיר qîyr, keer; or קִר qir; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה qîyrâh; from H6979; a wall (as built in a trench):— mason, side, town, × very, wall.
STRONGS H7023: Abbreviations
I. קִיר74 noun masculinePsalm 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 + 9 times, + (of temple) 1 Kings 6:15a + 1 Kings 6:15b (but read קוֺרוֺת beams, with Greek Version of the LXX The Kit Benz), 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:27; 1 Kings 6:27 + 6 times
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 CheHpt and others read קֹר; JP PetersJBL 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, which see); 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 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 85 Köff. 2, 175), Ezekiel 13:15; (twice in verse) (|| 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 CheHpt Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Checomm. III. קִיר Klo Brd WklAlttest. Unters. 177 קוֺע, so WMMHast. DB KIR, but see Drib.KOA.
†4. of flat side of altar Ezekiel 41:22; Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26; Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9 (all P).
†5. קִירוֺת לִכִּי Jeremiah 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:3; 30:3; 37:26

Leviticus

1:15; 5:9

Numbers

22:25; 22:25; 35:4

Joshua

2:15

1 Samuel

18:11; 25:22; 25:34

2 Samuel

5:11

1 Kings

5:13; 6:5; 6:5; 6:5; 6:6; 6:15; 6:15; 6:16; 6:16; 6:27; 6:27; 14:10; 16:11; 21:21

2 Kings

4:10; 9:8; 9:33

1 Chronicles

14:1

Psalms

62:4; 62:4

Isaiah

22:5; 22:5; 25:4; 28:2; 59:10

Jeremiah

4:19

Ezekiel

4:3; 8:7; 8:8; 12:5; 12:7; 12:12; 13:10; 13:12; 13:14; 13:15; 23:14; 33:30; 41:5; 41:6; 41:9; 41:12; 41:13; 41:17; 41:20; 41:22; 41:25; 43:8

Amos

5:19

Habakkuk

2:11

H7023

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Strong's Number H7023 matches the Hebrew קִיר (qîr),
which occurs 74 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 23:14–Hab 2:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian[fn] military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - “Son of man, your people talk about you in their houses and whisper about you at the doors. They say to each other, ‘Come on, let’s go hear the prophet tell us what the LORD is saying!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10½ feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet[fn] wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 8¾ feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122½ feet wide and 157½ feet long, and its walls were 8¾ feet[fn] thick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet[fn] long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:17 - The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:20 - from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - There was an altar made of wood, 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet across.[fn] Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the LORD’s presence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he’s bitten by a snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:11 - The very stones in the walls cry out against you,
and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.

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