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3 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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]: Kir, a city; wall; meeting From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: KIR Kyocera Image Refinement Kyocera
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