Qir cheres קִיר חֶרֶשׂ
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| קִיר חֶרֶשׂ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qir cheres |
| Strong's number | H7025 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Kir-hareseth |
| Occurrences | 10 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Qir cheres (Hebrew קִיר חֶרֶשׂ, Strong's H7025) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Kir-hareseth”. It occurs 10 times.
Definition
Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = "wall of potsherds"
one of the two chief strongholds of Moab
Another name of qir (קִיר "Kir" H7024B)
one of the two chief strongholds of Moab
Another name of qir (קִיר "Kir" H7024B)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | kir heres (2), kir haraseth (1), kir hareseth (1), kir haresh (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | kir heres (3), kir haraseth (1), kir hareseth (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qir cheres, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 3:25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- Isaiah 16:11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
- Jeremiah 48:36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).