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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)
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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 37 times in 35 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city H5892 was Dinhabah.

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Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city H5892 was Avith.

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Then Baal-hanan died, and [fn]Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city H5892 was [fn]Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

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Segub became the father of Jair, and he had twenty-three cities H5892 in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:23

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But Geshur and Aram took [fn]Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities H5892. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31 - Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities H5892 until the reign of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities H5892;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all their villages that were all around these cities H5892 as far as [fn]Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - but the fields of the city H5892 and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities H5892 of refuge:

Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:60

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from the tribe of Benjamin:

Geba with its pasture lands, [fn]Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands.

All their cities H5892 throughout their families were thirteen cities H5892.

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Now to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities H5892.

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And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities H5892 in Bashan.

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To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities H5892.

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So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities H5892 with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - They also gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities H5892 which are mentioned here by name.

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Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities H5892 of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - And they gave to them the following cities H5892 of refuge:

Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities H5892 were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the [fn]temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:7

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Then all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they forsook their cities H5892 and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - Then the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not come in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, that is, the city H5892 of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7 - Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city H5892 of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8 - And he [fn]built the city H5892 all around, from the [fn]Millo even to the surrounding area; and Joab [fn]repaired the rest of the city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from Yahweh our God, let us send everywhere to our relatives who remain in all the lands of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities H5892 with pasture lands, that they may gather with us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - And David did not move the ark with him to the city H5892 of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Then David made houses for himself in the city H5892 of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

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Now it happened as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city H5892 of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - Also from [fn]Tibhath and from Cun, cities H5892 of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves 32,000 chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities H5892 and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the city H5892. But the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:13 - “Be strong, and let us show strength for the sake of our people and for the cities H5892 of our God; and may Yahweh do what is good in His sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - Now the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled. So they themselves also fled before Abshai his brother and came into the city H5892. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - Then David took the crown of [fn]their king from his head; and he found it to weigh a [fn]talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city H5892 in a very great amount.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - He also brought out the people who were in it and [fn]made them work with saws and with sharp iron instruments and with axes. And thus David used to do to all the cities H5892 of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:25

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Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s storehouses.

And Jonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the country, in the cities H5892, in the villages and in the towers.

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