קֶרֶת qereth

Meaning

a city

In the King James Version: city.

Derivation: from H7136 (קָרָה) in the sense of building;

Where it is used

• Job 29:7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
• Proverbs 8:3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
• Proverbs 9:3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
• Proverbs 9:14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
• Proverbs 11:11 By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.