קִיר
Qîyr · keer
Kir, a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H7023 (קִיר); fortress;
Kir, a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab
- Kir, a place in Assyrian
- also, one in Moab
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kir. Compare H7025 (קִיר חֶרֶשׂ).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to kir1 · 20%
- kir1 · 20%
- and kir1 · 20%
- unto kir1 · 20%
- from kir1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.