Qiryah קִרְיָה

Qiryah (Hebrew קִרְיָה, Strong's H7151) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “town”. It occurs 29 times in 29 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Qiryah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Numbers

• Numbers 21:28
  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.For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

Deuteronomy

• 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: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
• Deuteronomy 3:4
  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.At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 1:41
  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?Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
• 1 Kings 1:45
  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.Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.

Job

• Job 39:7
  He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Psalms

• Psalm 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.Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 10:15
  The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
• Proverbs 11:10
  When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
• Proverbs 18:11
  The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
• Proverbs 18:19
  A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
• Proverbs 29:8
  Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:21
  How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only 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 city.I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
• Isaiah 22:2
  Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
• Isaiah 24:10
  The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
• 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.Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
• Isaiah 25:3
  Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
• Isaiah 26:5
  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.For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
• Isaiah 29:1
  Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
• 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:and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
• 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 stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 49:25
  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?

Lamentations

• 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 and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

Hosea

• Hosea 6:8
  Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

Micah

• 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 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.Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

Habakkuk

• 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, and of all that dwell therein.Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
• Habakkuk 2:12
  Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
• Habakkuk 2:17
  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.For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).