Lexical Definition

‎קִרְיָה‎ qiryâh (kir-yaw') town ^H:N-F
from ‎קָרָה‎ in the sense of flooring, i.e.

city.

• building
• a city

1) city, town
1a) in general
1b) in specific
1c) collective
1d) indefinite

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qir.yah (‎ק‎ִ‎ר‎ְ‎י‎ָ‎ה‎ "town" קִרְיָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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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