קִרְיָה
qiryâh · H7151 · Hebrew · 30 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
ExamplesDeuteronomy 2:36 “From Aroer which is on the edge of the Valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the LORD our God turned it all over to us.
Deuteronomy 3:4 “We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
1 Kings 1:41 Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard this as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is the city making such an uproar?”
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
10 occurrences in 8 groups
- עֹזstrength, might 3
- גּוֹיnation, people 1
- מוֹעֵדmeeting, appointed time, feast 1
- מֶלֶךְking 1
- מָשׂוֹשׂjoy 1
- סִיחוֹןSihon 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- אָמַןto believe, to be faithful, to trust 2
- עַלִּיזjoyful 2
- שָׂגַבto be exalted, to be safe 2
- בָּצוֹרinaccessible 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
Named alongside itApposition
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- עִירcity, town 2
- אֲרִיאֵלmighty warrior 2
- הַרmountain 1
- צִיּוֹןZion 1
What it doesIt is the subject
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- הוּםto tremble 1
- יָרֵאto be afraid, to fear, to be in awe of 1
- עָלַץto rejoice 1
- שָׁבַרto break, to shatter 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1
- פּוּחַto utter, to breathe out 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוֹןwealth 2
- גִּלְעָדGilead 1
- אָחbrother 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 4
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
- עִירcity, town 1
- קוֹלvoice, sound 1
- רְחֹבopen place 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- עִיר ʻîyr · H5892 · town, district, citadel
- Both words denote a city or town as a settlement, and could substitute for each other in sense.
In the other Testament 1 word
- πόλις pólis · G4172 · city, town
- Greek πόλις is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew קִרְיָה, both denoting a fortified urban settlement; the Greek term (etymologically 'citadel') emphasizes civic organization and walls while the Hebrew root קרה relates to encountering/meeting, but both function as core 'city' vocabulary in their respective corpora.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Towns001003002011
- The word means a city or town, directly illustrated by the town of Sihon devoured by fire (Numbers 21:28), the sixty cities of the region of Argob (Deuteronomy 3:4), and Kiriath among the cities of Benjamin (Joshua 18:28).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7151. qiryah קִרְיָה noun feminine town, city (synonym of עִיר, chiefly in poetry, and…
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 Isa 1:21 +; construct קִרְיַת Num 21:28 +; —
1 in General Deu 2:36; Deu 3:4.
2 of specific towns, Hos 6:8 (ᵐ5 גִּלְעָד,Manuscripts Γαλγαλα, compare Now); סִיחֹן קִרְיַת Num 21:28; Damascus, ׳ק מְשׂוֺשִׂי Jer 49:25 (|| תְּהִלָּה עִיר); especially of Jerusalem Mic 4:10; Isa 29:1; Isa 33:20, ק ׳רְחֹבוֺת Lam 2:11, ׳ק רָ֑ב מֶלֶךְ Psa 48:3, city for inhabitants 1Ki 1:41, 1Ki 1:45, נֶאֱמָנָה ׳ק Isa 1:21, Isa 1:26 (|| הַצֶּדֶק עִיר), ׳ק עַלִּיזָה Isa 22:2 (|| הוֺמִיָּה עִיר), Isa 32:13.
3 in Isaiah 24-26 collective, i.e. denoting various, representative, cities, ׳ק תֹּהוּ Isa 24:10, בְּצוּרָה ׳ק Isa 25:2, ׳ק עָרִיצִים גּוֺיִם Isa 25:3, ׳ק נִשְׂגָּבָה Isa 26:5; so probably Hab 2:8, Hab 2:17.
4 indefinite, Hab 2:12 (|| עִיר); Pro 29:8, ׳ק עֹז Pro 18:19 a city of strength, so ׳ק עֻזּוֺ Pro 10:15 (in figurative) = Pro 18:11 (id.); = inhabitants, Pro 11:10, ק ׳הֲמוֺן Job 39:7.
קִרְיַת see יְעָרִים קִרְיַת. above
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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