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

Extended Information

• originally house of Aram; as place of exile (location uncertain)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Kir of Assyria • In Assyria • A city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam

Kir, a city or region in Mesopotamia, possibly Elam, was the place where the Arameans were exiled and from where they originally came (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 9:7).

• A location in Assyria first mentioned at 2Ki.16.9;
• only referred to as Kir קִיר.
  

Kir is mentioned in the Bible as a city or region in Mesopotamia, distinct from the Moabite city of the same name. It is associated with the Arameans, who were a Semitic people that inhabited parts of Syria and Mesopotamia. According to 2 Kings 16:9, during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah, the king of Assyria captured Damascus and exiled its inhabitants to Kir. The prophet Amos also mentions that the Arameans originally came from Kir before settling in Damascus (Amos 9:7). Some scholars suggest that Kir may be located in the region of Elam, east of Babylonia, based on its association with Elam in Isaiah 22:6. However, the exact location of Kir remains uncertain.

All entries for Kir: קִיר