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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - “Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom 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 were finishing their feast. On hearing the sound of the trumpet, Joab asked, “What’s the meaning of all the noise in the city?”

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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. From there they have gone up cheering, and the city resounds with it. That’s the noise you hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon[fn] is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:15 - The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:10 - When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11 - The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:8 - Mockers stir up a city, but the wise turn away anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her— but now murderers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will 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 town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 - The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold 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 honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - Why has the city of renown not been abandoned, the town in which I delight?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants 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, stained with footprints of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:10 - Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city to camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you out of 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, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 - The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and your destruction of animals will terrify you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
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