Midvash

קִירqîyr

wall, especially as flat surface

Pronunciation: keer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7023

Meanings

1. usually of house or chamber

a. inner surface (Amos 5:19; 1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Kings 6:15)

b. outer surface (2 Kings 9:33; Ezekiel 33:30; Isaiah 59:10)

c. both inner and outer (Ezekiel 41:17; Ezekiel 41:20; Ezekiel 41:25)

d. indeterminate (Ezekiel 12:5; Ezekiel 12:7; Ezekiel 12:12)

e. as enclosing, thickness specified (Ezekiel 41:5; Ezekiel 41:9; Ezekiel 41:12)

2. wall (Ezekiel 8:7; Ezekiel 8:8; Numbers 22:25)

3. more generally (1 Kings 5:13; 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 25:34)

4. of flat side of altar (Ezekiel 41:22; Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26)

5. walls of my heart (as seat of pain) (Jeremiah 4:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 74 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 30:3 Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
  • Exodus 37:26 He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
  • Leviticus 1:15 The priest will take the bird to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar. But first he must drain its blood against the side of the altar.
  • Leviticus 5:9 Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the sides of the altar, and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering for sin.
  • Leviticus 14:37 Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface,
  • Leviticus 14:39 On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).