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Lexicon :: Strong's H7151 - qiryâ

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קִרְיָה
Transliteration
qiryâ
Pronunciation
kir-yaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קָרָה (H7136) in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
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Strong’s Definitions

קִרְיָה qiryâh, kir-yaw'; from H7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building; a city:—city.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H7151 in the following manner: city (31x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H7151 in the following manner: city (31x).

  1. city, town

    1. in general

    2. in specific

    3. collective

    4. indefinite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִרְיָה qiryâh, kir-yaw'; from H7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building; a city:—city.
STRONGS H7151: Abbreviations
† 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׳ Isaiah 1:21 +; construct קִרְיַת Numbers 21:28 +; —
1. in general Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:4.
2. of specific towns, Hosea 6:8 (גִּלְעָד, Greek Version of the LXXManuscripts Γαλγαλα, compare Now); קִרְיַת סִיחֹן Numbers 21:28; Damascus, מְשׂוֺשִׂי ק׳ Jeremiah 49:25 (|| עִיר תְּהִלָּה); especially of Jerusalem Micah 4:10; Isaiah 29:1; Isaiah 33:20, רְחֹבוֺת ק׳ Lamentations 2:11, מֶלֶךְ רָ֑ב ק׳ Psalm 48:3, city for inhabitants 1 Kings 1:41,45, ק׳ נֶאֱמָנָה Isaiah 1:21,26 (|| עִיר הַצֶּדֶק), עַלִּיזָה ק׳ Isaiah 22:2 (|| עִיר הוֺמִיָּה), Isaiah 32:13.
3. in Isaiah 24-26 collective, i.e. denoting various, representative, cities, תֹּהוּ ק׳ Isaiah 24:10, ק׳ בְּצוּרָה Isaiah 25:2, גּוֺיִם עָרִיצִים ק׳ Isaiah 25:3, נִשְׂגָּבָה ק׳ Isaiah 26:5; so probably Habakkuk 2:8,17.
4. indefinite, Habakkuk 2:12 (|| עִיר); Proverbs 29:8, עֹז ק׳ Proverbs 18:19 a city of strength, so עֻזּוֺ ק׳ Proverbs 10:15 (in figurative) = Proverbs 18:11 (id.); = inhabitants, Proverbs 11:10, הֲמוֺן ק׳ Job 39:7.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7149.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:28; 21:28

Deuteronomy

2:36; 3:4

1 Kings

1:41; 1:45

Job

39:7

Psalms

48:3

Proverbs

10:15; 11:10; 18:11; 18:19; 29:8

Isaiah

1:21; 1:21; 1:26; 22:2; 24; 24:10; 25; 25:2; 25:3; 26; 26:5; 29:1; 32:13; 33:20

Jeremiah

49:25

Lamentations

2:11

Hosea

6:8

Micah

4:10

Habakkuk

2:8; 2:12; 2:17

H7151

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Strong's Number H7151 matches the Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryâ),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured Ar of Moab,
and swallowed[fn] the heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The LORD our God gave all into our hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - And we took all his cities at that time—there was not a city that we did not take from them—sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:15 - A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:10 - When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11 - A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall in his imagination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:8 - Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city
has become a whore,[fn]
she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - And I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - you who are full of shoutings,
tumultuous city, exultant town?
Your slain are not slain with the sword
or dead in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 - The wasted city is broken down;
every house is shut up so that none can enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - For you have made the city a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:3 - Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - For he has humbled
the inhabitants of the height,
the lofty city.
He lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Ah, Ariel, Ariel,
the city where David encamped!
Add year to year;
let the feasts run their round.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
nor will any of its cords be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - How is the famous city not forsaken,
the city of my joy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes are spent with weeping;
my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out to the ground
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because infants and babies faint
in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:8 - Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:10 - Writhe and groan,[fn] O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the LORD will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 - Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - “Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 - The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
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