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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 51 times in 47 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10 -

Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city H5892 of David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 -

Then Solomon [fn]formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the city H5892 of David until he had completed building his own house and the house of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 -

Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (now [fn]Havvoth-JairJair being the son of Manasseh—which is in Gilead was his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities H5892 with walls and bronze bars were his);

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city H5892 of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - ‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city H5892 out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 -

“When Your people go out to battle against [fn]their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh [fn]toward the city H5892 which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city H5892 which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities H5892 in the land of Galilee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities H5892 which Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:13 - And he said, “What are these cities H5892 which you have given me, my brother?” So [fn]they were called the land of [fn]Cabul to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city H5892, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:19 - and all the storage cities H5892 which Solomon had, and the cities H5892 for [fn]his chariots, and the cities H5892 for [fn]his horsemen, and [fn]all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land [fn]under his rule.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:24 -

As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city H5892 of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 -

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and [fn]stationed them in the chariot cities H5892 and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - Now this was the reason why he [fn]raised his hand against the king: Solomon built the [fn]Millo, and closed up the breach of the city H5892 of his father David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city H5892 which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - ‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city H5892 where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city H5892 of his father David, and his son Rehoboam became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17 - But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities H5892 of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and spoke about it in the city H5892 where the old prophet lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city H5892 of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - “For the word shall surely happen which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities H5892 of Samaria.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - “Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city H5892 the dogs will eat. And he who dies in the field the birds of the sky will eat; for Yahweh has spoken it.”’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:12 - “But you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city H5892 the child will die.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 -

Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon became king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city H5892 which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city H5892 of David; and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his military force against the cities H5892 of Israel, and struck down Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 -

Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities H5892 which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city H5892 of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - “Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city H5892 the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the sky will eat.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - Now it happened that when Zimri saw that the city H5892 was captured, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - And he bought the hill [fn]Samaria from Shemer for two [fn]talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city H5892 which he built [fn]Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city H5892, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a [fn]jar, that I may drink.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - Then he sent messengers to the city H5892 to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - Now it happened that when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking [fn]with the kings in the booths, he said to his servants, “Station yourselves.” So they stationed themselves against the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 -

So these went out from the city H5892, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the military force which followed them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - But the rest fled to Aphek into the city H5892, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city H5892 into an inner chamber.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - And Ben-hadad said to him, “The cities H5892 which my father took from your father I will return, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” Ahab said, “And I will let you go with this covenant.” So he cut a covenant with him and let him go.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8 -

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city H5892.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:11 -

So the men of his city H5892, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city H5892, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - Then the two vile men came in and sat before him; and the vile men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city H5892 and stoned him with stones and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city H5892, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of the sky will eat.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26 - Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the commander of the city H5892 and to Joash the king’s son;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36 - Then a shout of lament passed throughout the camp close to sunset, saying, “Every man to his city H5892 and every man to his land.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities H5892 which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city H5892 of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place.
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