Lexical Definition

‎קִיר‎ Qîyr (keer) Kir ^N:N--L
the same as ‎קִיר‎; fortress

Kir. Compare ‎קִיר חֶרֶשׂ‎.

• § Kir = "wall"
• Kir, a place in Assyrian
• also one in Moab

1) a place in Mesopotamia

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎קִיר‎ in proper name, of a location of Moabite cities (compare ‎קר‎ = city MI^{11, 12, 24}, plural ‎קרן‎ Jer 1:29); — ᵐ5 usually omitted, or reads τὸ τεῖχος; —

1. ‎מוֺאָב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 15:1, possibly Rabba, south of Arnon, see Buhl^Geogr.270.

2. ‎חֶ֫רֶשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Jer 48:31; Jer 48:36, ‎חָ֑רֶשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 16:11 = ‎חֲרֶ֫שֶׂת‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 16:7, ‎חֲדָ֑שֶׂת‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 2Kgs 3:25 (Gi ‎חֲרָ֑שֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎), perhaps Kerak, south of Rabba, see Buhl^{lb., and} compare (on Kerak) Palmer^{Des. of Ex. ii. 472} Dowling^{PEQ. Oct. 1896, 327}, especially Mauss in de Luynes^{Voyage à la Mer Morte (1864), ii. 106 ff., iii (Atlas, near the end), 13 plural}

Also see: קִיר

III. ‎קִיר‎ proper name, of a territory or people ‎׳‎‎ק‎ original house of Aram Amos 9:7 ‎קִ֫ירָה‎ as place of exile Amos 1:5; 2Kgs 16:9 (ᵐ5 τὴν πόλιν); ‎קִיר‎ as people in Assyrian army Isa 22:6 (Isa 22:5 see I. ‎קִיר‎ near the end). — Location dubious, see conspectus of older views Dr^{Amos 1:5}; plausible is some tribe in Southern Babylonia, east of Tigris Wkl^{AT Unters 178}, compare Hal^{REJ xi. 60}; — WMM^{Hast. DB KIB} everywhere strike out, or emend ‎קוֺעַ‎, but see I. ‎קִיר‎

3. above

‎קֵירֹס‎ = ‎קֵרֹס‎

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