Word Study · Strong's H7024 · Hebrew
קִיר
Qir
keer
Strong's 1890 spelling: Qîyr
“Kir, a place in Assyrian”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Kir, a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab
Rendered in the KJV as
Kir. Compare H7025 (קִיר חֶרֶשׂ).
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְקִ֥יר1
- מִקִּֽיר׃1
- קִיר־1
- קִ֑ירָה1
- קִ֖ירָה1
How it is rendered · 4
- Kir towards2
- and Kir1
- from Kir1
- Kir of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HNpl · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 15:1קִיר־kir-proper noun (a name)This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!here: Kir of
- Isaiah 22:6וְקִ֥ירvekirconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.here: and Kir
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 1:5קִ֖ירָהkirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.here: Kir towards
- Amos 9:7מִקִּֽיר׃mikirpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?here: from Kir
Same headword in Strong's