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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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 - These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned: Bela son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:50 - When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau,[fn] and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[fn] as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31 - Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan—five towns—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.[fn] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,[fn] Jattir, Eshtemoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[fn] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:61

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64 - So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 - Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2 - Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7 - When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7 - David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8 - He built up the city around it, from the terraces[fn] to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 - After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - From Tebah[fn] and Kun, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, David took a great quantity of bronze, which Solomon used to make the bronze Sea, the pillars and various bronze articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maakah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:13 - Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - David took the crown from the head of their king[fn]—its weight was found to be a talent[fn] of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the outlying districts, in the towns, the villages and the watchtowers.
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