Strong H7024H7024Bקִיר

Kir

Transliteration: qîyr
Pronunciation: keer
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Kir, a city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam, was the place where the Arameans were exiled and from where they originally came (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 9:7).

Meaning of the name

Kir = "wall"

General definition

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

In the biblical story

Kir

A city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam

Kir, a city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam, was the place where the Arameans were exiled and from where they originally came (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 9:7).

In the Bible

Strong H7024B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

kir4

First verses

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.
Isaiah 22:6
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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.
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?

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