קִיר
Transliteration
qîr
Pronunciation
keer
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קוּר (H6979)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2022

Strong’s Definitions

קִיר qîyr, keer; or קִר qir; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה qîyrâh; from H6979; a wall (as built in a trench):— mason, side, town, × very, wall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x

The KJV translates Strong's H7023 in the following manner: wall (66x), side (4x), masons (2x), town (1x), very (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 74x
The KJV translates Strong's H7023 in the following manner: wall (66x), side (4x), masons (2x), town (1x), very (1x).

  1. wall, side

    1. wall (of house or chamber)

    2. the sides (of the altar)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִיר qîyr, keer; or קִר qir; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה qîyrâh; from H6979; a wall (as built in a trench):— mason, side, town, × very, wall.
STRONGS H7023: Abbreviations
I. קִיר74 noun masculinePsalm 62:4 wall (√ unknown); — absolute ק׳ Numbers 22:25 +, קִר Isaiah 22:5; construct קִיר 1 Kings 6:5 +; plural קִירוֺת 1 Kings 6:16 +, construct id., 1 Kings 6:5 +; suffix קִירֹתָיו Exodus 30:3 +, etc.; — wall, especially as flat surface:
1. usually of house or chamber:
a. inner surface, Amos 5:19; 1 Samuel 18:11 + 9 times, + (of temple) 1 Kings 6:15a + 1 Kings 6:15b (but read קוֺרוֺת beams, with The Kit Benz), 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:27; 1 Kings 6:27 + 6 times
b. outer surface, 2 Kings 9:33; Ezekiel 33:30; Isaiah 59:10 (in simile); so זֶרֶם קִיר Isaiah 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du CheHpt and others read קֹר; JP PetersJBL xi (1892), 46 proposes בָּדָד [as Isaiah 28:2]); of temple 1 Kings 6:5 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:6, compare Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse).
c. both inner and outer Ezekiel 41:17; Ezekiel 41:20; Ezekiel 41:25.
d. indeterminate, Ezekiel 12:5, 7, 12; Ezekiel 23:14.
e. thickness specified, Ezekiel 41:5, 9, 12, 13 (of Ezekiel's temple).
f. as enclosing, 2 Kings 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה, which see); as separating Ezekiel 43:8.
2. wall of (temple-)court Ezekiel 8:7, 8 (twice in verse) (in vision); of vineyard Numbers 22:25 (twice in verse) (J), of city Numbers 35:4 (P), compare חַחוֺמָה ק׳ Joshua 2:15 (JE) the (inner) surface of the wall.
†3. more generally, 1 Kings 5:13, and (in phrase מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר) 1 Samuel 25:22, 34; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; in figure Ezekiel 13:12, 14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 85 Köff. 2, 175), Ezekiel 13:15; (twice in verse) (|| חַיִץ Ezekiel 13:10, נָטוּי ק׳ Psalm 62:4; אֶבֶן 2 Samuel 5:11 = ק׳ 1 Chronicles 14:1, compare Habakkuk 2:11 (figurative); קִיר בַּדְוֶל Ezekiel 4:3 (symbolic). — Isaiah 22:5 is dubious: usually wall (so even Du CheHpt Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Checomm. III. קִיר Klo Brd WklAlttest. Unters. 177 קוֺע, so WMMHast. DB KIR, but see Drib.KOA.
†4. of flat side of altar Ezekiel 41:22; Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26; Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9 (all P).
†5. קִירוֺת לִכִּי Jeremiah 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:3; 30:3; 37:26

Leviticus

1:15; 5:9

Numbers

22:25; 22:25; 35:4

Joshua

2:15

1 Samuel

18:11; 25:22; 25:34

2 Samuel

5:11

1 Kings

5:13; 6:5; 6:5; 6:5; 6:6; 6:15; 6:15; 6:16; 6:16; 6:27; 6:27; 14:10; 16:11; 21:21

2 Kings

4:10; 9:8; 9:33

1 Chronicles

14:1

Psalms

62:4; 62:4

Isaiah

22:5; 22:5; 25:4; 28:2; 59:10

Jeremiah

4:19

Ezekiel

4:3; 8:7; 8:8; 12:5; 12:7; 12:12; 13:10; 13:12; 13:14; 13:15; 23:14; 33:30; 41:5; 41:6; 41:9; 41:12; 41:13; 41:17; 41:20; 41:22; 41:25; 43:8

Amos

5:19

Habakkuk

2:11