Town
קִרְיָהStrong’s H7149qiryah (qir-yah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qiryah is the Aramaic word usually translated “city the” and “city”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.”
Meaning
- City
How it's translated
- city the 6
- in city 1
- a city 1
- and city the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 7
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:12Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
- Ezra 4:13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
- Ezra 4:15That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
- Ezra 4:16We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
- Ezra 4:19And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
- Ezra 4:21Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
Aramaic dictionary
קִרְיָה qiryah · town
city Aramaic of qir.yah (קִרְיָה "town" H7151)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “town” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TOWN, noun
- Originally, a walled or fortified place; a collection of houses inclosed with walls, hedges or pickets for safety. Joshua 2:15“Rahab's house was on the town wall” Joshua 2:15“A town that hath gates and bars” 1 Samuel 23:7
- Any collection of houses, larger than a village.
- In England, any number of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
- The inhabitants of a town The town voted to send two representatives to the legislature, or they voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
All definitions and other forms of “town”
- In popular usage, in America, a township; the whole territory within certain limits.
- In England, the court end of London.
- The inhabitants of the metropolis.
- The metropolis.
TOWN'-CLERK, noun
[town and clerk.]
An officer who keeps the records of a town and enters all its official proceedings.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.