Strong H7151קִרְיָה
town
- Transliteration
- qiryâh
- Pronunciation
- kir-yaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H7136 in the sense of {flooring} that {is} building; a city: - city.
Detailed definition
1) city, town
1a) in general
1b) in specific
1c) collective
1d) indefinite
Aramaic equivalent: qir.yah (קִרְיָה "town" H7149)
1a) in general
1b) in specific
1c) collective
1d) indefinite
Aramaic equivalent: qir.yah (קִרְיָה "town" H7149)
In the Bible
Strong H7151 appears in 31 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- city31
First verses
- Numbers 21:28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
- Deuteronomy 3:4And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Joshua 15:13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
- Joshua 21:11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
- 1 Kings 1:41And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
- 1 Kings 1:45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
- Job 39:7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- Psalms 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- Proverbs 10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
- Proverbs 18:11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
- Proverbs 29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
- Isaiah 1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
- Isaiah 22:2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
- Isaiah 24:10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- Isaiah 25:2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
- Isaiah 25:3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- קָרָהto meetH7136A
- קָרָהto lay beamsH7136B
- קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶרKiriath-sannahH7158
- קִרְיַת חֻצוֹתKiriath-huzothH7155
- קְרִיּוֹתKeriothH7152H
- שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתַיִםShaveh-kiriathaimH7741
- קְרִיּוֹתKeriothH7152G
- קִרְיָתַ֫יִםKiriathaimH7156G
- קִרְיָתַ֫יִםKiriathaimH7156I
- קִרְיַת בַּעַלKiriath-baalH7154
- קִרְיַת אַרְבַּעKiriath-arbaH7153
- קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםKiriath-jearimH7157