Kir (kir), wall, or place surrounded with walls. The country whence the Syrians emigrated when they came to settle in the region north of Palestine, and to which Tiglath-pileser sent the captive Syrians after the conquest of Damascus. 2 Kings 16:9, Amos 1:5, Amos 9:7. About the location of the place scholars disagree, some placing it in Armenia, on the river Kar; others identifying it with Carena, or Carna, in Media.