Strong’s
H7024bProper name, a place4 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Kings 16:9קִירָה
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
- Isaiah 22:6וְקִיר
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Amos 1:5קִירָה
I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
קִיר n.pr.terr. et gent. orig. house of Aram
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.