Lexicon :: Strong's H7023 - qîr

קִיר

Transliteration

qîr

Pronunciation

keer

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From קוּר (H6979)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2022

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7023: Abbreviations

I. קִיר₇₄ noun masculine^{Psalm 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 Che^Hpt and others read קֹר; JP Peters^{JBL 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 Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 85} Kö^{ff. 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 Che^Hpt Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Che^{comm. III.} קִיר Klo Brd Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 177} קוֺע, so WMM^{Hast. DB KIR}, but see Dr^ib.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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