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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 7176. קָ֫רֶת (qereth) -- City, town</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/7176.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/job/29-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/7176.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 7176</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/7175b.htm" title="7175b">◄</a> 7176. qereth <a href="../hebrew/7177.htm" title="7177">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">qereth: City, town</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">קֶרֶת</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>qereth<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>keh-reth<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(keh'-reth)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>City, town<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a city<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from an unused root meaning to build or to found.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "city" is πόλις (polis), Strong's Greek #4172, which carries a similar meaning of a city or town.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "qereth" refers to a city or town, often used in the context of a fortified place or a significant settlement. It is a term that denotes a place of habitation, typically larger than a village, and often implies a sense of permanence and establishment.<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 were often fortified with walls for protection against invaders and served as hubs for trade, governance, and worship. Cities were also places where the elders would gather at the gates to make judicial decisions and where the community would come together for festivals and religious observances.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">qarah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>town, city<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>city (5).<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">קֶ֫רֶת</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>town, city</b></font> (late poetry) (compare Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">קרת חדשת</font> proper name, of a location in Cyprus, also = <em>Carthage</em>, and perhaps <em>Cirta, Tigranocerta</em>; compare Thes); — always <font class="hebrew2">קָ֑רֶת</font>; — of Job's city, <a href="/interlinear/job/29-7.htm">Job 29:7</a>; indefinite <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8-3.htm">Proverbs 8:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-3.htm">Proverbs 9:3,14</a>; city as a corporate body of men <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/11-11.htm">Proverbs 11:11</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>From <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">qarah</a> in the sense of building; a city -- city. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">qarah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>קָ֑רֶת קָֽרֶת׃ קרת קרת׃ Karet qā·reṯ qāreṯ<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/job/29-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 29:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־ <b> קָ֑רֶת </b> בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out to the gate <span class="itali">of the city,</span> When I took<br><a href="/kjvs/job/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the gate <span class="itali">through the city,</span> [when] I prepared<br><a href="/interlinear/job/29-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the gate of <span class="itali">the city</span> the square took<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 8:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־ <b> קָ֑רֶת </b> מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> at the opening <span class="itali">to the city,</span> At the entrance<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at the entry <span class="itali">of the city,</span> at the coming<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the gates the opening <span class="itali">to the city</span> the entrance of the doors<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 9:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי <b> קָֽרֶת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the heights <span class="itali">of the city:</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon the highest places <span class="itali">of the city,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the tops of the heights <span class="itali">of the city</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/9-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 9:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֝סֵּ֗א מְרֹ֣מֵי <b> קָֽרֶת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by the high places <span class="itali">of the city,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the high places <span class="itali">of the city,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A seat the high <span class="itali">of the city</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/11-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 11:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְ֭שָׁרִים תָּר֣וּם <b> קָ֑רֶת </b> וּבְפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the upright <span class="itali">a city</span> is exalted,<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the upright <span class="itali">the city</span> is exalted:<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/11-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the upright is exalted <span class="itali">A city</span> the mouth of the wicked<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7176.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7176.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7176<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/karet_7176.htm">qā·reṯ — 5 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table 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