Lexical Summary qiryah: a town, city Original Word: קִרְיָהTransliteration: qiryah Phonetic Spelling: (kir-yaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a town, city Meaning: a town, city Strong's Concordance city From qarah in the sense of flooring, i.e. Building; a city -- city. see HEBREW qarah Brown-Driver-Briggs H7151. qiryah 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; 3:4. 2 of specific towns, Hosea 6:8 (ᵐ5 גִּלְעָד,Manuscripts Γαλγαλα, compare Now); סִיחֹן קִרְיַת Numbers 21:28; Damascus, ׳ק מְשׂוֺשִׂי Jeremiah 49:25 ("" תְּהִלָּה עִיר); especially of Jerusalem Micah 4:10; Isaiah 29:1; 33:20, ק ׳רְחֹבוֺת Lamentations 2:11, ׳ק רָ֑ב מֶלֶךְ Psalm 48:3, city for inhabitants 1 Kings 1:41, 45, נֶאֱמָנָה ׳ק Isaiah 1:21, 26 ("" הַצֶּדֶק עִיר), ׳ק עַלִּיזָה 22:2 ("" הוֺמִיָּה עִיר), 32:13. 3 in Isaiah 24-26 collective, i.e. denoting various, representative, cities, ׳ק תֹּהוּ Isaiah 24:10, בְּצוּרָה ׳ק 25:2, ׳ק עָרִיצִים גּוֺיִם 25:3, ׳ק נִשְׂגָּבָה 26:5; so probably Habakkuk 2:8, 17. 4 indefinite, Habakkuk 2:12 ("" עִיר); Proverbs 29:8, ׳ק עֹז 18:19 a city of strength, so ׳ק עֻזּוֺ 10:15 (in figurative) = 18:11 (id.); = inhabitants, 11:10, ק ׳הֲמוֺן Job 39:7. קִרְיַת see יְעָרִים קִרְיַת. above |
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