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קִיר H7023

H7023 is the Hebrew word קִיר, transliterated qîyr and said keer. The King James Version most often renders it wall.

Word: קִירTransliteration: qîyrSaid: keerLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 62 verses

What it means

a wall (as built in a trench).

Where it comes from

or קִר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה; from H6979 (קוּר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 60 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

wall 26×walls 13×against the wall 7×through the wall 3×side 2×even to the wall 2×masons 2×thereof and the sides 1×sides 1×herself unto the wall 1×reach from the wall 1×town 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: [phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

Verses using קִיר

The first 40 of 62 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 30:3 · KJV

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

Exodus 37:26 · KJV

And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

Leviticus 1:15 · KJV

And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

Leviticus 5:9 · KJV

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 14:37 · KJV

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

Leviticus 14:39 · KJV

And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

Numbers 22:25 · KJV

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

Numbers 35:4 · KJV

And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

Joshua 2:15 · KJV

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

1 Samuel 18:11 · KJV

And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

1 Samuel 19:10 · KJV

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 20:25 · KJV

And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.

1 Samuel 25:22 · KJV

So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

1 Samuel 25:34 · KJV

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

2 Samuel 5:11 · KJV

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

1 Kings 4:33 · KJV

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

1 Kings 6:5 · KJV

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

1 Kings 6:6 · KJV

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

1 Kings 6:15 · KJV

And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

1 Kings 6:16 · KJV

And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

1 Kings 6:27 · KJV

And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

1 Kings 6:29 · KJV

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

1 Kings 14:10 · KJV

Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

1 Kings 16:11 · KJV

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

1 Kings 21:21 · KJV

Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

2 Kings 4:10 · KJV

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

2 Kings 9:8 · KJV

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

2 Kings 9:33 · KJV

And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

2 Kings 20:2 · KJV

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

1 Chronicles 14:1 · KJV

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

1 Chronicles 29:4 · KJV

Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

2 Chronicles 3:7 · KJV

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

2 Chronicles 3:11 · KJV

And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:12 · KJV

And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

Psalm 62:3 · KJV

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Isaiah 22:5 · KJV

For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

Isaiah 38:2 · KJV

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

Isaiah 59:10 · KJV

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Jeremiah 4:19 · KJV

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Ezekiel 4:3 · KJV

Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7023 mean?

H7023 is the Hebrew word קִיר (qîyr), meaning a wall (as built in a trench).

How is H7023 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it wall (26 times), walls (13 times), against the wall (7 times), through the wall (3 times), side (2 times), among others.

How many times does H7023 appear in the Bible?

קִיר (qîyr) is tagged in 62 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7023 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or קִר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה; from H6979 (קוּר).

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