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It often refers to a populated area that is smaller than a metropolis but larger than a village. The word emphasizes the communal and structured nature of such settlements, often enclosed by walls for protection.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, cities were central to the social, economic, and religious life of the people. They served as hubs for trade, governance, and worship. Cities were often fortified with walls and gates, providing security against invaders. The city was a place where people gathered for festivals, legal matters, and communal activities. The concept of a city in biblical times also carried spiritual significance, as cities like Jerusalem were seen as places where God's presence dwelt.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/7151.htm">qiryah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a city<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>city (9).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">קִרְיָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">אָ֯</font>, <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>city</b></font> (<font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Syriac; S-C<sup>A 9</sup> + <font class="hebrew2">קריה</font>; see Biblical Hebrew, √ <font class="hebrew2">קרה</font>; also Nö<sup>Beitr. 62</sup>); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">הָ֯</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-10.htm">Ezra 4:10</a>, <font class="hebrew2">אָ֯</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm">Ezra 4:15</a>; emphatic <font class="hebrew2">קִרְיְתָא</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-12.htm">Ezra 4:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-13.htm">Ezra 4:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm">Ezra 4:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm">Ezra 4:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-16.htm">Ezra 4:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-19.htm">Ezra 4:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-21.htm">Ezra 4:21</a> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>city <p>(Aramaic) or qiryah (Aramaic) {keer-yaw'}; corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/7151.htm">qiryah</a> -- city. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7151.htm">qiryah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּקִרְיָ֖ה בקריה וְקִרְיְתָ֥א וקריתא קִרְיְתָ֣א קִרְיְתָ֥א קִרְיְתָ֨א קִרְיָ֣א קריא קריתא bə·qir·yāh bekirYah bəqiryāh kirYa kiryeTa qir·yā qir·yə·ṯā qiryā qiryəṯā vekiryeTa wə·qir·yə·ṯā wəqiryəṯā<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהוֹתֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ <b> בְּקִרְיָ֖ה </b> דִּ֣י שָׁמְרָ֑יִן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and settled <span class="itali">in the city</span> of Samaria,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and set <span class="itali">in the cities</span> of Samaria,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and settled them <span class="itali">the city</span> which of Samaria<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם <b> קִרְיְתָ֨א </b> מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽאישְׁתָּא֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and evil <span class="itali">city</span> and are finishing<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the bad <span class="itali">city,</span> and have set up<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have come Jerusalem <span class="itali">city</span> the rebellious and evil<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן <b> קִרְיְתָ֥א </b> דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that if <span class="itali">that city</span> is rebuilt<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> this <span class="itali">city</span> be builded,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that if <span class="itali">city</span> this is rebuilt<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְתִנְדַּע֒ דִּי֩ <b> קִרְיְתָ֨א </b> דָ֜ךְ קִרְיָ֣א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and learn <span class="itali">that that city</span> is a rebellious<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that this <span class="itali">city</span> [is] a rebellious<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and learn so <span class="itali">city</span> this city<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קִרְיְתָ֨א דָ֜ךְ <b> קִרְיָ֣א </b> מָֽרָדָ֗א וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is a rebellious <span class="itali">city</span> and damaging<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [is] a rebellious <span class="itali">city,</span> and hurtful<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> city this <span class="itali">city</span> rebellious and damaging<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַ֨ל־ דְּנָ֔ה <b> קִרְיְתָ֥א </b> דָ֖ךְ הָֽחָרְבַֽת׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> therefore <span class="itali">that city</span> was laid waste.<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> which cause was this <span class="itali">city</span> destroyed.<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for which <span class="itali">city</span> was this was laid<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן <b> קִרְיְתָ֥א </b> דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that if <span class="itali">that city</span> is rebuilt<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> this <span class="itali">city</span> be builded<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that if <span class="itali">city</span> this is rebuilt<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהַשְׁכַּ֔חוּ דִּ֚י <b> קִרְיְתָ֣א </b> דָ֔ךְ מִן־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and it has been discovered <span class="itali">that that city</span> has risen<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that this <span class="itali">city</span> of<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> has been discovered that <span class="itali">city</span> this of<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ <b> וְקִרְיְתָ֥א </b> דָךְ֙ לָ֣א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [work], that this <span class="itali">city</span> may not be rebuilt<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and that this <span class="itali">city</span> be not<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> men these <span class="itali">city</span> this be not<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7149.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7149.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7149<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bekiryah_7149.htm">bə·qir·yāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kirya_7149.htm">qir·yā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kiryeta_7149.htm">qir·yə·ṯā — 6 Occ.</a><br><a 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