What does קִיר mean in the Bible?
קִיר is a Hebrew word meaning "a wall (as built in a trench )".
Hebrew · H7023
קִיר
A wall (as built in a trench )
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קִיר H7023
What does קִיר mean in the Bible?
קִיר is a Hebrew word meaning "a wall (as built in a trench )".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7023?
The BSB source-word alignment has 74 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the wall (16), . . . (6), the walls (5), through the wall (5), - (4).
Where does קִיר appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 30:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (25), 1 Kings (13), 1 Samuel (6), Leviticus (5).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the wall 16× Numbers 22:25, 1 Samuel 19:10, 2 Kings 9:33, 2 Kings 20:2
. . . 6× 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 16:11, 2 Kings 4:10
the walls 5× 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Chronicles 29:4, 2 Chronicles 3:7
through the wall 5× Ezekiel 8:8, Ezekiel 12:5, Ezekiel 12:7, Ezekiel 12:12
- 4× 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:34, 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 21:21
wall 4× 1 Kings 6:27, Psalms 62:3, Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 41:9
on the walls 3× Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39, Ezekiel 41:25
walls 3× 1 Kings 6:6, 1 Kings 6:15, 2 Chronicles 3:7
from the wall 2× Numbers 35:4, Habakkuk 2:11
in the wall 2× 1 Kings 4:33, Ezekiel 8:7
the side 2× Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9
the sides 2× Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26
to the wall 2× 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 19:10
against a wall 1× Isaiah 25:4
against the wall 1× Ezekiel 13:15
and sides 1× Ezekiel 41:22
and the wall 1× Ezekiel 41:12
by the wall 1× 1 Samuel 20:25
ceiling 1× 1 Kings 6:16
down the walls 1× Isaiah 22:5
it 1× Numbers 22:25
Oh, the pain 1× Jeremiah 4:19
on the wall 1× Ezekiel 41:20
one wall 1× 1 Kings 6:27
the city walls 1× Ezekiel 33:30
the surface of the wall 1× Leviticus 14:37
was built into the wall 1× Joshua 2:15
when the wall 1× Ezekiel 13:12
with its walls 1× Ezekiel 41:13
with only a wall 1× Ezekiel 43:8
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 30:3 קִירֹתָ֛יו to the sides Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Exodus 37:26 קִירֹתָ֛יו to the sides Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Leviticus 1:15 קִ֥יר to the side Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 5:9 קִ֣יר to the side Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 14:37 בְּקִירֹ֣ת to on the walls Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Leviticus 14:37 הַקִּֽיר׃ to the surface of the wall Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 14:39 בְּקִירֹ֥ת to on the walls Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Numbers 22:25 הַקִּ֔יר to the wall Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 22:25 הַקִּ֑יר to it Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 35:4 מִקִּ֤יר to from the wall Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 30:3
Aligned rows 74
Books represented 16
Exodus 2 Leviticus 5 Numbers 3 Joshua 1 1 Samuel 6 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 13 2 Kings 4 1 Chronicles 2 2 Chronicles 4 Psalms 1 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 25 Amos 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
הַקִּ֔יר 5x haq·qîr Numbers 22:25, 1 Samuel 20:25, Ezekiel 13:15, Ezekiel 23:14
הַקִּ֑יר 4x haq·qîr Numbers 22:25, 2 Kings 20:2, Isaiah 38:2, Ezekiel 13:12
בְּקִ֔יר 3x bə·qîr 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 21:21, 2 Kings 9:8
בַּקִּ֔יר 3x baq·qîr 1 Kings 6:27, Ezekiel 8:8, Ezekiel 13:15
בַקִּ֑יר 2x ḇaq·qîr Ezekiel 8:8, Ezekiel 12:5
בַּקִּ֑יר 2x baq·qîr 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Kings 4:33
בְּקִֽיר׃ 2x bə·qîr 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:34
הַקִּ֨יר 2x haq·qîr Ezekiel 13:14, Ezekiel 41:17
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 15x Leviticus 14:37, Numbers 22:25, 1 Samuel 20:25, 2 Kings 9:33
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 12x 1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Kings 4:33, 1 Kings 6:27, Ezekiel 8:7
Noun - masculine plural construct 6x 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:15, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Chronicles 29:4
Noun - masculine singular 6x 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Kings 4:10, 1 Chronicles 14:1, Isaiah 22:5
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 6x 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:34, 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 16:11
Noun - masculine singular construct 5x Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 5:9, 1 Kings 6:5, Ezekiel 4:3
Article | Noun - masculine plural 3x 1 Kings 6:16, 2 Chronicles 3:7, Ezekiel 33:30
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct 3x Leviticus 14:37, Leviticus 14:39, 1 Kings 6:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a wall (as built in a trench )
Source Gloss
a wall (as built in a trench )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a wall (as built in a trench) BDB: wall Usage: mason, side, town, × very, wall.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
קִיר is built from this root:
קוּר H6979
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain