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Strong H70242 sensesקִיר

Kir

Transliteration
qîyr
Pronunciation
keer

Meaning of the name

Kir = "wall"

The 2 senses of Strong H7024

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7024 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly ElamH7024B4 verses · 2 Kings, Isaiah, Amos
  2. A city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly ElamH7024A1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

The same as H7023; fortress;
{Kir} a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab: - Kir. Compare H7025 .

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • kir5

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 16:9
    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
  2. Isaiah 15:1
    The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
  3. Isaiah 22:6
    And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
  4. Amos 1:5
    I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
  5. Amos 9:7
    Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?