BDB7576 [H7151]

קִרְיָה noun feminine town, city (synonym of עִיר, chiefly in poetry, and in the higher style; perhaps from above √ as meeting-place of men; compare proper name, of a location MI¹³ קרית, l.¹⁰ קריתן; Jewish-Aramaic קַרְיָה); — absolute ׳ק Isa 1:21 +; construct קִרְיַת Num 21:28 +; —

1. in general Deut 2:36; Deut 3:4.

2. of specific towns, Hos 6:8 (גִּלְעָד, ᵐ5^Manuscripts Γαλγαλα, compare Now); קִרְיַת סִיחֹן Num 21:28 Damascus, מְשׂוֺשִׂי ׳ק Jer 49:25 (|| עִיר תְּהִלָּה); especially of Jerusalem Mic 4:10; Isa 29:1; Isa 33:20, ׳רְחֹבוֺת ק Lam 2:11, מֶלֶךְ רָ֑ב ׳ק Ps 48:3, city for inhabitants 1Kgs 1:41; 1Kgs 1:45, ׳ק נֶאֱמָנָה Isa 1:21; Isa 1:26 (|| עִיר הַצֶּדֶק), עַלִּיזָה ׳ק Isa 22:2 (|| עִיר הוֺמִיָּה), Isa 32:13.

3. in Isa 24-26 collective, i.e. denoting various, representative, cities, תֹּהוּ ׳ק Isa 24:10, ׳ק בְּצוּרָה Isa 25:2, גּוֺיִם עָרִיצִים ׳ק vIsa 25:3, נִשְׂגָּבָה ׳ק Isa 26:5 so probably Hab 2:8; Hab 2:17.

4. indefinite, Hab 2:12 (|| עִיר); Prov 29:8, עֹז ׳ק Prov 18:19 a city of strength, so עֻזּוֺ ׳ק Prov 10:15 (in figurative) = Prov 18:11 (id.); = inhabitants, Prov 11:10, ׳הֲמוֺן ק Job 39:7.

קִרְיַת see קִרְיַת יְעָרִים. above

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