Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
town
Usage: 1) city, town 1a) in general 1b) in specific 1c) collective 1d) indefinite Aramaic equivalent: qir.yah (קִרְיָה "town" H7149)
Qiryah means “city” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7151 קִריָה (qiryah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qiryah (kir-yaw') n-f. 1. a city [from H7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building] It has 32 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include city. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qiryah (kir-yaw') n-f. 1. a city [from H7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building] KJV: city. Root(s): H7136
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town
Usage: 1) city, town 1a) in general 1b) in specific 1c) collective 1d) indefinite Aramaic equivalent: qir.yah (קִרְיָה "town" H7149)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qiryah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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32 indexed usages in Old Testament.
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7151.
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
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Qiryah (Strong's H7151) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "city". qiryah (kir-yaw') n-f. 1. a city [from H7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building]
This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H7151 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7151 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as city. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.