Wall
קִירStrong’s H7023qir
Appears in 65 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qir is the Hebrew word usually translated “wall”, “on a wall” and “walls of”. It appears in 65 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Wall, sidewall (of house or chamber) · the sides (of the altar)
How it's translated
- the wall 17
- in the wall 9
- on a wall 6
- a wall 6
- walls of 6
- wall of 4
- in walls of 3
- and the wall 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 22
- 1 Kings 10
- 1 Samuel 5
- Leviticus 4
- 2 Kings 4
- Isaiah 4
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 37:26And 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 1:15And 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 5:9And 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 14:37And 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 14:39And 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 22:25And 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.
All 65 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קִיר qir · wall
1) wall, side 1a) wall (of house or chamber) 1b) the sides (of the altar)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wall” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WALL, noun
[Latin, stake, post, probably originally a fence of stakes, a palisade or stockade; the first rude fortification of uncivilized men.]
- A work or structure of stone, brick or other materials, raised to some highth, and intended for a defense or security.
- Walls, in the plural, is used for fortifications in general; works for defense.
- A defense; means of security or protection. 1 Samuel 25:16
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.