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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 5 / 19 (Jos 15:9–Jos 21:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities H5892 of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - And the uttermost cities H5892 of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities H5892 are twenty and nine, with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44 - And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:54 - And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - And the separate cities H5892 for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities H5892 of Ephraim are among the cities H5892 of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:12 - Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; H5892 but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:9 - And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities H5892 into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city H5892 of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - Now the cities H5892 of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities H5892 with their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities H5892 with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities H5892 and their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities H5892 and their villages:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - And all the villages that were round about these cities H5892 to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities H5892 and their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city H5892 Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30 - Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - And the fenced cities H5892 are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities H5892 and their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities H5892 with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city H5892 which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, H5892 and dwelt therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities H5892 of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities H5892 shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, H5892 and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, H5892 they shall take him into the city H5892 unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - And he shall dwell in that city, H5892 until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, H5892 and unto his own house, unto the city H5892 from whence he fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities H5892 appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:2 - And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities H5892 to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities H5892 and their suburbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities H5892 with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities H5892 which are here mentioned by name,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields of the city, H5892 and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city H5892 of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities H5892 out of those two tribes.

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