קִרְיָהqiryâh
town, city
Pronunciation: kir-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7151
Meanings
1. in general (Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:4)
2. of specific towns (Hosea 6:8; Numbers 21:28; Jeremiah 49:25)
3. in Isa 24-26 collective, i.e. denoting various, representative, cities (Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 25:3)
4. indefinite (Habakkuk 2:12; Proverbs 29:8; Proverbs 18:19)
Same root
- קָרָהqârâh · H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
- קִרְיָאqiryâʼ · H7149{building; a city}
- קְרִיּוֹתQᵉrîyôwth · H7152Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine
- קִרְיַת אַרְבַּעQiryath ʼArbaʻ · H7153Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
- קִרְיַת בַּעַלQiryath Baʻal · H7154Kirjath-Baal, a place in Palestine
- קִרְיַת חֻצוֹתQiryath Chutsôwth · H7155Kirjath-Chutsoth, a place in Moab
- קִרְיָתַיִםQiryâthayim · H7156Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine
- קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםQiryath Yᵉʻârîym · H7157Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 21:28 A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.
- Deuteronomy 2:36 “The Lord our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
- Deuteronomy 3:4 We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest.
- 1 Kings 1:41 Adonijah and his guests heard the celebrating and shouting just as they were finishing their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “What’s going on? Why is the city in such an uproar?”
- 1 Kings 1:45 and Zadok and Nathan have anointed him at Gihon Spring as the new king. They have just returned, and the whole city is celebrating and rejoicing. That’s what all the noise is about.
- Job 39:7 It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it.
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).