Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7176 - קֶרֶת qereth (town)

Original Word:	קֶרֶת
Transliteration:	qereth
Definition:	town, city
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(keh'-reth)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

city

From qarah in the sense of building; a city -- city.

see HEBREW qarah

Englishman's Concordance

1) city, town
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7136 in the sense of building
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2068h

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[קֶ֫רֶת] noun femininetown, city (late poetry) (compare Phoenician קרת חדשת proper name, of a location in Cyprus, also=Carthage, and perhaps Cirta, Tigranocerta; compare Thes); — always קָ֑רֶת; — of Job's city, Job 29:7; indefinite Proverbs 8:3; Proverbs 9:3,14; city as a corporate body of men Proverbs 11:11.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7176. קָ֫רֶת (qereth) — 5 Occurrences

Job 29:7
HEB:שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־ קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין
NAS: out to the gate of the city, When I took
KJV: to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared
INT: to the gate of the city the square took

Proverbs 8:3
HEB:שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־ קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים
NAS: at the opening to the city, At the entrance
KJV: at the entry of the city, at the coming
INT: the gates the opening to the city the entrance of the doors

Proverbs 9:3
HEB:גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃
NAS: of the heights of the city:
KJV: upon the highest places of the city,
INT: the tops of the heights of the city

Proverbs 9:14
HEB:כִּ֝סֵּ֗א מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃
NAS: by the high places of the city,
KJV: in the high places of the city,
INT: A seat the high of the city

Proverbs 11:11
HEB:יְ֭שָׁרִים תָּר֣וּם קָ֑רֶת וּבְפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים
NAS: of the upright a city is exalted,
KJV: of the upright the city is exalted:
INT: of the upright is exalted A city the mouth of the wicked

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