H7024b H7024b
Kir (place name, location in Mesopotamia or Syria; also Moabite city names with 'Kir')
A place name appearing in two contexts: (1) a location (possibly in Mesopotamia or Syria) where the Arameans originated and where Assyria exiled them (Amos 1:5; 9:7; 2 Kgs 16:9); (2) part of Moabite city names like Kir-moab and Kir-hareseth. Second Kings 16:9 records Tiglath-pileser exiling Damascus to Kir. Amos 9:7 traces the Arameans' origin from Kir. Isaiah 22:6 mentions Kir alongside Elam in military context. The exact location remains uncertain, though Mesopotamian or upper Euphrates regions are proposed.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Second Kings 16:9 reports Assyria exiling Damascus 'to Kir' (קִירָה). Isaiah 22:6 mentions Kir in a military coalition with Elam. Amos 1:5 prophesies Aram's exile 'to Kir.' Amos 9:7 recalls that God brought 'the Arameans from Kir' originally. Spanish Kir and French Kir preserve the name. The contexts suggest a region in Mesopotamia or Syria, possibly along the upper Euphrates, but definitive identification is lacking. 4×
AR["إلى-قيرَ", "قِيرَ", "مِنْ-قِيرَ", "وَقِيرُ"]·ben["ও-কীর", "কীর-থেকে", "কীরে"]·DE["Qir-ward", "[וקיר]", "[מקיר]", "[קירה]"]·EN["Qir-ward", "and-Kir", "from-Qir", "to-Kir"]·FR["Kir", "Qir-garde", "[וקיר]"]·heb["ו-קיר", "מ-קיר", "קירה"]·HI["और-कीर-ने", "कीर", "से-कीर?"]·ID["dan-Kir", "ke-Kir"]·IT["Qir-custodia", "[וקיר]", "[מקיר]", "[קירה]"]·jav["Kir", "dhumateng-Kir", "lan-Kir", "lan-kang-"]·KO["그리고-기르가", "기르-로", "기르로", "로부터-깅"]·PT["Qir", "de-Qir", "e-Qir", "para-Qir"]·RU["в-Кир", "и-Кир", "из-Кира"]·ES["a-Kir", "de-Quir", "y-Kir"]·SW["Kiri", "kutoka-Kiri", "na-Kiri"]·TR["Kir'den", "Kir'e", "ve-Kir"]·urd["اور-قیر-نے", "قیر-سے", "قیر-کو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. קִיר in n.pr.loc. of Moabite cities (cf. קר = city MI 11, 12, 24, pl. קרן l:29);—𝔊 usually om., or reads τὸ τεῖχος;— 1. ק׳ מוֹאָב Is 15:1, poss. Rabba, S. of Arnon, v. BuhlGeogr. 270. 2. ק׳ חֶ֫רֶשׂ Je 48:31, 36, ק׳ חָ֑רֶשׂ Is 16:11 = ק׳ חֲרֶ֫שֶׂת Is 16:7, ק׳ חֲרָ֑שֶׂת 2 K 3:25 (Gi ק׳ חֲרָ֑שֶׁת), perhaps Kerak, S. of Rabba, v. Buhl ib., and cp. (on Kerak) PalmarDes. of Ex. ii. 472…