קִיר
kir · Kir
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7024 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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kir (קִיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Kir”.
The name of two places: 1) a distant region to which the king of Assyria carried the people of Damascus into exile (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5), and from which, according to Amos 9:7, the Arameans had come; 2) a city of Moab (Isaiah 15:1).
How to say it
kir
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- 2 Kings 16:9
The king of Assyria listened to him; the king of Assyria went up to Damascus and seized it and carried it into exile to Kir, and Rezin he put to death.
- Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because in a night Ar of Moab was devastated, it was destroyed; because in a night Kir of Moab was devastated, it was destroyed.
- Isaiah 22:6
And Elam took up the quiver with chariots of men, horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
- Amos 1:5
And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir, says YHWH.
- Amos 9:7
Are you not like the children of the Cushites to me, children of Israel? declares YHWH. Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?