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Lexicon :: Strong's H5894 - ʿîr

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עִיר
Transliteration
ʿîr
Pronunciation
eer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a root corresponding to עוּר (H5782)
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TWOT Reference: 2907

Strong’s Definitions

עִיר ʻîyr, eer; (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H5782; a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian):—watcher.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5894 in the following manner: watcher (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5894 in the following manner: watcher (3x).

  1. waking, watchful, wakeful one, watcher, angel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִיר ʻîyr, eer; (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H5782; a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian):—watcher.
STRONGS H5894: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† עִיר noun masculine waking, or wakeful, one, i.e. angel ( √ H5782 עיר, compare Syriac bdb110507 wake, bdb110508 waking (PS2843), Jewish-Aramaic עִיר, Late Hebrew עֵיר adjective awake); — absolute ע׳ Daniel 4:10 [Daniel 4:13]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; plural absolute עִירִין Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17]; Aq Symm. ἐγρήγορος; compare CharlesEnoch i. 5; xxxix. 12; also p. 356 Dron the passage; doubtful is the connection with Phoenician Zophesemim (EusebPraep. Evang. 10), i.e. צפי שמים watchers of heaven, as keeping watch over or spying out (ZimKAT 3. 629 JeremAtim Licht d. AO 63).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

4:13; 4:17; 4:23

H5894

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Strong's Number H5894 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - While I was watching in my mind's visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him' -
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