Kir in the Bible

Meaning: a city; wall; meeting

Exact Match

The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InDisastersDuring One Night

Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarps

Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.

Verse ConceptsQuiversThings Stripped

Thematic Bible



“I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,
And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will go exiled to Kir,”
Says the Lord.

“Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.


So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and captured it, and carried the people of it away into exile to Kir, and put Rezin to death.