STRONGS NUMBER H7023

H7023. qir

I. קִיר‎ noun masculine^{Psalm 62:4} wall (√ unknown); — absolute ׳ק‎ Numbers 22:25 +, קִר‎ Isaiah 22:5; construct קִיר‎ 1 Kings 6:5 +; plural קִירוֺת‎ 6:16 +, construct id., 6:5 +; suffix קִירֹתָיו‎ Exodus 30:3 +, etc.; — wall, especially as flat surface:

1 usually of house or chamber:

a. inner surface, Amos 5:19; 1 Samuel 18:11 9t., + (of temple) 1 Kings 6:15 a + 6:15 b (but read קוֺרוֺת‎ beams, with ᵐ5‎ The Kit Benz), 6:16; 6:27; 6:27 6t.

b. outer surface, 2 Kings 9:33; Ezekiel 33:30; Isaiah 59:10 (in simile); so קִיר זֶרֶם‎ 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du Che^Hpt and others read קֹר‎; JP Peters^{JBL xi (1892), 46} proposes בָּדָד‎ [as 28:2]); of temple 1 Kings 6:5 (twice in verse); 6:6, compare Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse).

c. both inner and outer Ezekiel 41:17; 41:20; 41:25.

d. indeterminate, Ezekiel 12:5, 7, 12; 23:14.

e. thickness specified, Ezekiel 41:5, 9, 12, 13 (of Ezekiel's temple).

f. as enclosing, 2 Kings 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה‎, q. v.); as separating Ezekiel 43:8.

2 wall of (temple-)court Ezekiel 8:7-8, (twice in verse) (in vision); of vineyard Numbers 22:25 (twice in verse) (J), of city 35:4 (P), compare ׳ק חַחוֺמָה‎ Joshua 2:15 (JE) the (inner) surface of the wall.

3 more Generally, 1 Kings 5:13, and (in phrase בְּקִיר מַשְׁתִּין‎) 1 Samuel 25:22, 34; 1 Kings 14:10; 16:11; 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; in figure Ezekiel 13:12, 14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 85} Kö^ff. 2, 175), 13:15; 13:15 ("" חַיִץ‎ 13:10, ׳ק נָטוּי‎ Psalm 62:4; אֶבֶן‎ 2 Samuel 5:11 = ׳ק‎ 1 Chronicles 14:1, compare Habakkuk 2:11 (figurative); בַּדְוֶל קִיר‎ Ezekiel 4:3 (symbolic). — Isaiah 22:5 is dubious: usually wall (so even Du Che^Hpt Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Che^{comm.. III.} קִיר‎ Klo Brd Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 177} קוֺע‎, so WMM^{Hast. DB KIR}, but see Dr^ib.KOA.

4 of flat side of altar Ezekiel 41:22; Exodus 30:3; 37:26; Leviticus 1:15; 5:9 (all P).

5 לִכִּי קִירוֺת‎ Jeremiah 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).