קִרְיָה qiryah
Hebrew word for “town” · Strong’s H7151 · used 29 times in 29 verses
Meaning
1) city, town; 1a) in general; 1b) in specific; 1c) collective; 1d) indefinite; Aramaic equivalent: qir.yah (קִרְיָה "town" H7149)
How it is translated
Glosses given for qiryah in context, with how often each is used:
- town 28
- more than a town 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Proverbs | 5 | 0.7 | |
| Habakkuk | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Habakkuk 2 (3), 1 Kings 1 (2), Proverbs 18 (2), Isaiah 1 (2), Isaiah 25 (2), Numbers 21 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1), Deuteronomy 3 (1), Job 39 (1), Psalms 48 (1)
Forms
- קריה 15
- קרית 9
- מקרית 2
- הקריה 2
- מקריה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qiryah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עִיר ir “city” 7
- מָשׂוֹשׂ masvos “rejoicing” 3
- שָׂגַב sagav “to exalt” 3
- דָּם dam “blood” 4
- תְּשֻׁאָה teshuah “shout” 2
- עֹז oz “strength” 3
- עַלִּיז alliz “jubilant” 2
- צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 3
- אַרְנוֹן arnon “Arnon” 2
- עָשִׁיר ashir “rich” 2
- הוֹן hon “substance” 2
- אַרְמוֹן armon “citadel” 2
Key verses
The verses using qiryah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 2:36 — 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:…
- Psalms 48:2 — Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- Isaiah 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Isaiah 1:26 — 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…
- Isaiah 24:10 — The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- Isaiah 25:2 — 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.
- Isaiah 25:3 — Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
- Isaiah 32:13 — Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- Isaiah 33:20 — 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…
- Lamentations 2:11 — 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…
- Micah 4:10 — 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…
- Habakkuk 2:8 — 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,…
See all 29 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.