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Lexicon :: Strong's H5892 - ʿîr

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עִיר
Transliteration
ʿîr
Pronunciation
eer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עוּר (H5782) a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1587a,1615

Strong’s Definitions

עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,089x

The KJV translates Strong's H5892 in the following manner: city (1,074x), town (7x), every one (2x), variant (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,089x
The KJV translates Strong's H5892 in the following manner: city (1,074x), town (7x), every one (2x), variant (6x).

  1. excitement, anguish

    1. of terror

  2. city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

    1. city, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
STRONGS H5892: Abbreviations
† I. עִיר noun [masculine] excitement; — of terror, וּבֶהָלוֺת ע׳ Jeremiah 15:9; of rage (si vera lectio), לֹא אָבוֺא בְּעִיר Hosea 11:9, but St proposes לְבָעֵר compare We Oort Now GASm. — בָּעִיר Psalm 73:20 see עור Hiph. — see II, III. עִיר.

II. עִיר 1092 noun feminineGenesis 10:12 (AlbrZAW xvi.40 f.) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.; ? Phoenician ער Lzb345; Sabean ער fortified height (compare 3) PräZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CISiv. pp. 94, 95, 173); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 4:17 +, construct Genesis 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 14:12 + 7 times; suffix עִירִי 2 Samuel 19:38 2 times, etc.; plural עָרִים Isaiah 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Judges 10:4 (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי Genesis 19:29 +; suffix עָרַי Zechariah 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:7 +, etc.; —
1. city, town, abode of men Genesis 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ecclesiastes 9:14 (compare Genesis 19:20); especially
a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 20:6 +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר Joshua 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר ע׳ Psalm 31:22 +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר (Micah 7:12 see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ ע׳ Isaiah 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ Isaiah 17:9; וּבְרִיחַ דְּלָתַיִם ע׳ 1 Samuel 23:7; חוֺמָה ע׳ Leviticus 25:29, compare Leviticus 25:30 (P), 1 Kings 4:13; on Hosea 10:14 see I. עַם 2b (1 Samuel 9:14 read הַשֵּׁעַר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others).
b. opposed to הַפְּרָזִי כֹּפֶר 1 Samuel 6:18, הַפּ׳ עָרֵי Deuteronomy 3:5, הַפְּרָזוֹת ע׳ Esther 9:19; distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Joshua 13:23 + often P.
c. עָרֶיה are dependent towns Joshua 13:17 (P), Jeremiah 19:15.
†d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Joshua 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular 1 Samuel 27:5, opposed to הַשָּׁדֶה עָרֵי 1 Samuel 27:5 rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה ע׳ 2 Samuel 12:26 (but read הַמַּיִם ע׳ We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).
†e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת Exodus 1:11 storage-cities, so 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6, 4; 17:12; for נַפְתָּלִי ע׳ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 16:4 read probably כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו׳ (as 1 Kings 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב ע׳ 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Kings 10:26 2 Chronicles 8:6; 9:25; 2 Chronicles 1:14; הַפָּרָשִׁים ע׳ 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
†f. (הַ)מִקְלָט ע׳ (P) asylum-cities Numbers 35:11, 13, 14; Joshua 20:2, compare Numbers 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32, לְמִקְלָט ע׳ Numbers 35:12; מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ ע׳ Joshua 21:13 + 4 times in Joshua 21.
g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים ע׳ = Jerusalem: Psalm 46:5; Psalm 87:3, compare Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:9; י׳ ע׳ Isaiah 60:14; Psalm 101:8; צְבָאוֺת י׳ ע׳ Psalm 48:9.
h. city = inhabitants 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 22:2; Ruth 1:19, so 2 Samuel 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for MT הָעָם) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others (compare also following).
i. combinations are: רֹכְלִים ע׳ Ezekiel 17:4 city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב ע׳ Psalm 107:4; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: † הַצֶּדֶק ע׳ Isaiah 1:26, † ע׳ הָאֱמֶת Zechariah 8:3; † הַקּדֶשׁ ע׳ Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1, 18, compare Daniel 9:24, all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Jeremiah 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ ע׳ Jeremiah 49:25, הָע׳ הַהֻלָּלה Ezekiel 26:17, הָעַלִּיזָה הָע׳ Zephaniah 2:15; of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה הָע׳ Zephaniah 3:1 oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים ע׳ bloody city Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6, 9 and (of Nineveh) Nahum 3:1.
2. of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 Samuel 5:7, 9; 2 Samuel 6:10 + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל ע׳ 2 Kings 10:25 (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ע׳, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם ע׳ 2 Samuel 12:27 (so read also 2 Samuel 12:26, see 1d).
3. apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ 2 Kings 17:9 2 Kings 18:8; compare Numbers 13:9 (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק ע׳ 1 Samuel 15:5 (HPS). — Hosea 7:4 see I. עור Hiph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:17; 4:17; 10:12; 10:12; 19:20; 19:29; 24:10

Exodus

1:11

Leviticus

25:29; 25:30

Numbers

13:9; 35:11; 35:12; 35:13; 35:14; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:28; 35:32

Deuteronomy

3:5

Joshua

10:2; 13:17; 13:23; 19:29; 20:2; 21:13

Judges

10:4

Ruth

1:19

1 Samuel

4:13; 5:12; 6:18; 9:14; 15:5; 23:7; 27:5; 27:5

2 Samuel

5:7; 5:9; 6:10; 12:26; 12:26; 12:27; 19:38; 20:6; 20:22

1 Kings

4:13; 9:19; 9:19; 9:19; 10:26; 14:12; 15:20

2 Kings

10:25; 17:9; 18:8

2 Chronicles

1:14; 8:4; 8:6; 8:6; 8:6; 9:25; 16:4; 17:12

Nehemiah

11:1; 11:18

Esther

9:19

Psalms

31:22; 46:5; 48:2; 48:9; 48:9; 73:20; 87:3; 101:8; 107:4; 107:7; 107:36

Ecclesiastes

9:14

Isaiah

1:7; 1:26; 6:11; 17:9; 22:2; 26:1; 48:2; 52:1; 60:14

Jeremiah

5:17; 15:9; 19:15; 49:25

Ezekiel

17:4; 22:2; 24:6; 24:9; 26:17

Daniel

9:24

Hosea

7:4; 10:14; 11:9

Micah

7:12

Nahum

3:1

Zephaniah

2:15; 3:1

Zechariah

1:17; 8:3

H5892

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Strong's Number H5892 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 1,095 times in 936 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 19 (Lev 25:30–Deu 3:5)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city H5892 shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - Notwithstanding the cities H5892 of the Levites, and the houses of the cities H5892 of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city H5892 of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities H5892 of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - But the field of the suburbs of their cities H5892 may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, H5892 I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - And I will make your cities H5892 waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities H5892 waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities H5892 they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities H5892 are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city H5892 in the uttermost of thy border:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: H5892 and he called the name of the place Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25 - And Israel took all these cities: H5892 and Israel dwelt in all the cities H5892 of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city H5892 of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city H5892 of Sihon be built and prepared:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city H5892 of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 - Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - And they burnt all their cities H5892 wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities H5892 for our little ones:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities H5892 because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - Build you cities H5892 for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities H5892 of Gilead:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 - And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities H5892 thereof in the coasts, even the cities H5892 of the country round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: H5892 and folds for sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities H5892 which they builded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities H5892 to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities H5892 round about them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:3 - And the cities H5892 shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - And the suburbs of the cities, H5892 which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city H5892 and outward a thousand cubits round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye shall measure from without the city H5892 on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city H5892 shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - And among the cities H5892 which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities H5892 for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - So all the cities H5892 which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: H5892 them shall ye give with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And the cities H5892 which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities H5892 unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - Then ye shall appoint you cities H5892 to be cities H5892 of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And they shall be unto you cities H5892 for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - And of these cities H5892 which ye shall give six cities H5892 shall ye have for refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - Ye shall give three cities H5892 on this side Jordan, and three cities H5892 shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities H5892 of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These six cities H5892 shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city H5892 of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city H5892 of his refuge, whither he was fled;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city H5892 of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - Because he should have remained in the city H5892 of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city H5892 of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22 - And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities H5892 we shall come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities H5892 are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - And we took all his cities H5892 at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, H5892 we left none to remain:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities H5892 which we took.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city H5892 that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities H5892 in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - And we took all his cities H5892 at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, H5892 all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these cities H5892 were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns H5892 a great many.

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