קִרְיָא
qiryâʼ · H7149 · Aramaic · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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town
Relatively large and permanent population center, usually surrounded by a wall and surrounded by a number of dependent villages, settlements, and pasturelands; associated with strength and security
ExamplesEzra 4:10 and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now
Ezra 4:12 let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
Ezra 4:13 “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- דֵּךְthe same 6
- מָרָדrebellious 2
- נְזַקhave damage 1
- עֲבַדcut 1
- שׇׁמְרַיִןSamaria 1
- בִּאוּשׁbad 1
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- בְּנָאbuild 3
- חֲרַבdestroy 1
- נְשָׂאcarry away 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בְּנָאbuild 1
- יְדַעcertify 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קִרְיָאcity 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קִרְיָאcity 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- πόλις pólis · G4172 · city, town
- πόλις (pólis, G4172) is the standard Greek rendering of קִרְיָא (qiryâʼ, H7149), both denoting a city or town as a distinct municipal entity.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Towns001003002011
- Ezra 4:12 recounts that the Jews “are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.”
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7149. qirya or qiryah אָ֯ קִרְיָה,, noun feminine city (ᵑ7 Syriac; S-CA 9 + קריה; see…
or qiryah אָ֯ קִרְיָה,, noun feminine city (ᵑ7 Syriac; S-CA 9 + קריה; see Biblical Hebrew, √ קרה; also NöBeitr. 62); — absolute הָ֯ Ezr 4:10, אָ֯ Ezr 4:15; emphatic קִרְיְתָא Ezr 4:12; Ezr 4:13; Ezr 4:15; Ezr 4:15; Ezr 4:16; Ezr 4:19; Ezr 4:21
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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