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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Kir | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Kir | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Kir a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah (22:6), who also was contemporary with these events, mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam. | |
| From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
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Kir, a city; wall; meeting | |
