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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 +; —
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -

“For a fire went forth from Heshbon,

A flame from the town H7151 of Sihon;

It devoured Ar of Moab,

The [fn]dominant [fn]heights of the Arnon.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “From Aroer which is on the edge of the [fn]valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the [fn]valley, even to Gilead, there was not a town H7151 that was too high for us; Yahweh our God gave all [fn]over to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - “And we captured all his cities at that time; there was not a town H7151 which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 -

And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. Then Joab heard the sound of the trumpet and said, “Why is the sound of the city H7151 such an uproar?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - “And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there with gladness, so that the city H7151 is in an uproar. This is the sound which you have heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 -

“He laughs at the tumult of the city H7151;

The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 -

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,

Is Mount Zion in the far north,

The city H7151 of the great King.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:15 -

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city H7151,

The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:10 -

When it goes well with the righteous, the city H7151 exults,

And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11 -

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city H7151,

And like a high wall in his own delusion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 -

A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city H7151,

And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:8 -

Scoffers [fn]set a city H7151 aflame,

But wise men turn away anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 -

How the faithful city H7151 has become a harlot,

She who was full of justice!

Righteousness once lodged in her,

But now murderers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will have your judges return as at the first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness,

A faithful town H7151.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 -

You who were full of noise,

You roaring city, you exultant town H7151;

Your slain were not slain with the sword,

Nor [fn]did they die in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 -

The city H7151 of chaos is broken down;

Every house is shut up so that none may enter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 -

For You have made a city into a heap,

A fortified town H7151 into a ruin;

A palace of strangers is a city no more,

It will never be rebuilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:3 -

Therefore a strong people will glorify You;

Towns H7151 of ruthless nations will fear You.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 -

“For He has laid low those who settle on high, the [fn]exalted city H7151;

He brings it low, He brings it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 -

Woe, O [fn]Ariel, [fn]Ariel the city H7151 where David once camped!

Add year to year, [fn]observe your feasts on schedule.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 -

For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,

Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the exultant city H7151.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 -

Behold Zion, the city H7151 of our appointed times;

Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an abode at ease,

A tent which will not be folded;

Its stakes will never be pulled up,

Nor any of its cords ever be torn apart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 -

“How [fn]the city of praise has not been forsaken,

The town H7151 of My joy!

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -

Kaph

My eyes fail because of tears;

My [fn]inmost being is greatly disturbed;

My [fn]heart is poured out on the earth

Because of the [fn]destruction of the daughter of my people,

When infants and nursing babies faint

In the open squares of the city H7151.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:8 -

Gilead is a city H7151 of workers of iniquity,

With a track of blood.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:10 -

“Writhe and labor to give birth,

Daughter of Zion,

Like a woman in childbirth;

For now you will go out of the city H7151,

Dwell in the field,

And go to Babylon.

There you will be delivered;

There Yahweh will redeem you

From the hand of your enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 -

“Because you have taken many nations as spoil,

All that is left of the peoples will take you as spoil

Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,

To the town H7151 and all its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 -

“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed

And founds a town H7151 with injustice!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 -

“For the violence [fn]done to Lebanon will cover you,

And the devastation of its beasts [fn]by which you terrified them,

Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,

To the town H7151 and all its inhabitants.

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