STRONGS NUMBER H7151

H7151. qiryah

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 Isaiah 1:21 +; construct קִרְיַת‎ Numbers 21:28 +; —

1 in General Deuteronomy 2:36; 3:4.

2 of specific towns, Hosea 6:8 (ᵐ5 גִּלְעָד,‎^Manuscripts Γαλγαλα, compare Now); סִיחֹן קִרְיַת‎ Numbers 21:28; Damascus, ׳ק מְשׂוֺשִׂי‎ Jeremiah 49:25 ("" תְּהִלָּה עִיר‎); especially of Jerusalem Micah 4:10; Isaiah 29:1; 33:20, ק ׳רְחֹבוֺת‎ Lamentations 2:11, ׳ק רָ֑ב מֶלֶךְ‎ Psalm 48:3, city for inhabitants 1 Kings 1:41, 45, נֶאֱמָנָה ׳ק‎ Isaiah 1:21, 26 ("" הַצֶּדֶק עִיר‎), ׳ק עַלִּיזָה‎ 22:2 ("" הוֺמִיָּה עִיר‎), 32:13.

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

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

קִרְיַת‎ see יְעָרִים קִרְיַת‎. above