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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 3 / 19 (Deu 3:6–Jos 6:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “And we [fn]devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, [fn]devoting to destruction [fn]the men, women, and little ones of every city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - “But all the animals and the spoil of the cities H5892 we took as our plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:10 - all the cities H5892 of the plateau and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities H5892 of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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“So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the [fn]valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities H5892 I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19 - ‘But your wives and your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in your cities H5892 which I have given you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 -

Then Moses set apart three cities H5892 across the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that a manslayer might flee there, who slew his neighbor [fn]without premeditation, [fn]not hating him previously; so he shall flee to one of these cities H5892 that he might live:

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“Then it will be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and good cities H5892 which you did not build,

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“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities H5892 [fn]fortified to heaven,

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“If you hear in one of your cities H5892, which Yahweh your God is giving you to live in, anyone saying that

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:13 - some vile men have gone out from among you and have driven the inhabitants of their city H5892 astray, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom you have not known),

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city H5892 with the edge of the sword, [fn]devoting it to destruction and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - “Then you shall gather all its spoil into the middle of its open square and burn the city H5892 and all its spoil with fire as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh your God; and it shall be a [fn]ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

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“When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities H5892 and in their houses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2 - you shall set apart three cities H5892 for yourself in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to [fn]possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand [fn]swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the [fn]handle and [fn]strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities H5892 and live;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7 - “Therefore, I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall set apart three cities H5892 for yourself.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding you today, to love Yahweh your God and to walk in His ways all your days—then you shall add three more cities H5892 for yourself, besides these three.

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“But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes down [fn]his life so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities H5892,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then the elders of his city H5892 shall send and take him from there and give him over into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

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“If you come near a city H5892 to fight against it, you shall call for terms of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “Only the women and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city H5892, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall consume the spoil of your enemies which Yahweh your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - “Thus you shall do to all the cities H5892 that are very far from you, which are not of the cities H5892 of these nations [fn]nearby.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - “Only in the cities H5892 of these peoples that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes.

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“If you besiege a city H5892 for many days, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. [fn]For is the tree of the field a man, that it should [fn]be besieged by you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - “Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you shall destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city H5892 that is making war with you until it falls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities H5892 which are around the slain one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “And it shall be that the city H5892 which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city H5892, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - and the elders of that city H5892 shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - “And all the elders of that city H5892 [fn]who are nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then his father and mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders of his city H5892 [fn]at the gateway of his hometown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - “Then they shall say to the elders of his city H5892, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not listen to our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:21 - “Then all the men of his city H5892 shall stone him, and he will die; so you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders of the city H5892 at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:17 - and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin.” But [fn]this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - “So the elders of that city H5892 shall take the man and chastise him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city H5892 shall stone her, and she will die because she has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

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“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city H5892 and lies with her,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city H5892, and you shall stone them, and they will die; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city H5892, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - “Then the elders of his city H5892 shall summon him and speak to him. And if he stands and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:3 -

“Blessed shall you be in the city H5892, and blessed shall you be in the [fn]field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16 -

“Cursed shall you be in the city H5892, and cursed shall you be in the [fn]field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - and the [fn]Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city H5892 of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters which were [fn]flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city H5892 that is beside Zarethan; and those which were [fn]flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - “And you shall march around the city H5892, all the men of war circling the city H5892 once. You shall do so for six days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:4 - “Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city H5892 seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - “And it will be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city H5892 will fall down [fn]beneath itself, and the people will go up every man [fn]straight ahead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:7 - Then [fn]he said to the people, “Go forward, and march around the city H5892, and let the armed men go on before the ark of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark of Yahweh [fn]taken around the city H5892, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:14 - Thus the second day they marched around the city H5892 once and returned to the camp; they did so for six days.

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