קִרְיָה

Numbers 21:28 מִקִּרְיַ֣ת from [the] town of

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 2:36 קִרְיָ֔ה a town

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.

Here: A less common, more literary word for a town, often a walled one. The change from 'ir to qiryah adds variety and a slightly elevated tone.

Deuteronomy 3:4 קִרְיָ֔ה a town

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 1:41 הַקִּרְיָ֖ה the town

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 הַקִּרְיָ֑ה the town

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 39:7 קִרְיָ֑ה a town

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Psalm 48:2 קִ֝רְיַ֗ת [the] town of

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

Here: A poetic word for city (familiar from place names like Kiriath-jearim). It parallels 'the city of our God' in verse 1.

Proverbs 10:15 קִרְיַ֣ת [is] a town of

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Here: A poetic word for a town, and in this world that means a walled settlement. Here it is the first half of the phrase "city of his strength."

Proverbs 11:10 קִרְיָ֑ה a town

When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

Here: A poetic word for a settlement, standing for the whole community that lives in it. There is no article: 'a town', any town. The saying is a general rule.

Proverbs 18:11 קִרְיַ֣ת [is] [the] town of

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Here: A poetic word for a city, especially a walled one. Here it means a place you live inside and are protected by. It is linked to the next word: 'city of …'.

Proverbs 18:19 מִקִּרְיַת־ [is] more than a town of

An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

Here: The prefix mi- here means 'more than', but the Hebrew never says more what. The reader has to supply it: harder to get into, harder to win over, more unyielding. 'Qiryah' is a poetic word for a city, especially a walled one.

Proverbs 29:8 קִרְיָ֑ה a town

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Here: A poetic word for a town. It means the whole community, its people and its common life, not just its buildings. What catches fire is the social body.

Isaiah 1:21 קִרְיָ֖ה a town

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Here: A poetic word for a city, used here for Jerusalem (named as Zion in v. 27). Cities were spoken of as women, which makes the marriage and prostitution image possible.

Isaiah 1:26 קִרְיָ֖ה a town

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.”

Here: A poetic synonym for 'city,' used for parallelism. It repeats verse 21's exact phrase qiryah ne'emanah, closing the frame.

Isaiah 22:2 קִרְיָ֖ה O town

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

Here: A poetic word for 'city', used to echo 'ir in the parallel line. The repetition ('city… town…') builds a mock hymn about the city.

Isaiah 24:10 קִרְיַת־ [the] town of

The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

Isaiah 25:2 קִרְיָ֥ה a town

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 קִרְיַ֛ת a town of

Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

Here: A poetic word for a town, the same one used for the 'fortified town' destroyed in verse 2. It is singular ('a town of'), which sets this town against the one just ruined. BSB, NIV and ESV make it plural.

Isaiah 26:5 קִרְיָ֖ה a town

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.

Here: A poetic word for 'city,' used repeatedly in Isaiah 24–27 for an unnamed hostile city (24:10; 25:2). The verse never says which one.

Isaiah 29:1 קִרְיַ֖ת [the] town

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

Isaiah 32:13 קִרְיָ֖ה a town

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

Here: A poetic word for a city, with no 'the' or 'this' in the Hebrew. In context it clearly means Jerusalem, as in the close parallel at Isaiah 22:2.

Isaiah 33:20 קִרְיַ֖ת [the] town of

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.

Here: A poetic word for 'city' (compare Isa 1:21, 26, 'the faithful city'), here bound to the next word: 'the city of…'.

Jeremiah 49:25 קִרְיַ֖ת [the] town of

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?

Lamentations 2:11 קִרְיָֽה׃ ס a town

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.

Here: "Of a town": a poetic word for city, here meaning Jerusalem. The paragraph marker (ס) follows, closing the kaf stanza.

Hosea 6:8 קִרְיַ֖ת [is] a town of

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

Micah 4:10 מִקִּרְיָ֜ה from [the] town

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!

Here: 'From (the) city', a poetic word for a fortified town. It means Jerusalem with its walls, the place that was supposed to keep her safe.

Habakkuk 2:8 קִרְיָ֖ה [the] town

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.

Here: 'Town'. A poetic word for a city. It narrows from the countryside to the walled settlement, the place where sieges were laid and slaughter happened.

Habakkuk 2:12 קִרְיָ֖ה a town

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Habakkuk 2:17 קִרְיָ֖ה [the] town

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.

Here: "Town," again with no "the." It is the same word used in v. 12 of the town founded on injustice, and it pictures one community standing for all the conquered ones.