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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 89 times in 74 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ch 1:14–2Ch 25:28)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 -

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 Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city H5892 of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of 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, nor did I choose any man for a ruler over My people Israel;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city H5892 which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:2 - that he built the cities H5892 which Huram had given to [fn]him, and settled the sons of Israel there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities H5892 which he had built in Hamath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities H5892 with walls, gates and bars;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and Baalath and all the storage cities H5892 which Solomon had, and all the cities H5892 for [fn]his chariots, and the cities H5892 for [fn]his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land [fn]under his rule.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 -

Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city H5892 of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because [fn]the places are holy where the ark of Yahweh has entered.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 -

And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities H5892 and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - 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 Box2Ch 10:17 - But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities H5892 of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 -

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities H5892 for fortifications in Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:10 - Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities H5892 in Judah and in Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - And he put large shields and spears in every city H5892 and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he acted with discernment and distributed [fn]some of his sons through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities H5892, and he gave them sustenance in abundance. And he sought a multitude of wives for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he captured the fortified cities H5892 of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 -

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now 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 Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city H5892 of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities H5892, Bethel with its towns, Jeshanah with its towns, and [fn]Ephron with its towns.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 -

[fn]So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David; and Asa his son became king in his place. The land was quiet for ten years during his days.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - He also [fn]removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities H5892 of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - And he built fortified cities H5892 in Judah, since the land was quiet, and [fn]there was no one at war with him during those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities H5892 and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still [fn]ours because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and succeeded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they struck down all the cities H5892 around Gerar, for the dread of Yahweh had fallen on them; and they plundered all the cities H5892, for there was much plunder in them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - “And nation was crushed by nation, and city H5892 by city H5892, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 -

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities H5892 which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his military forces against the cities H5892 of Israel, and they struck down Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the [fn]store cities H5892 of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in his own tomb which he had [fn]cut out for himself in the city H5892 of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - And he put military forces in all the fortified cities H5892 of Judah, and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities H5892 of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7 -

Then in the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah, to teach in the cities H5892 of Judah;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:9 - And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Yahweh with them; and they went throughout all the cities H5892 of Judah and taught among the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities H5892 in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - And he had large supplies in the cities H5892 of Judah, and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 -

These are they who attended on the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities H5892 through all Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the ruler of the city H5892 and to Joash the king’s son;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - And he appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities H5892 of Judah, in each city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - “Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities H5892, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before Yahweh and wrath may not come on you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - So Judah gathered together to seek help from Yahweh; they even came from all the cities H5892 of Judah to seek Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 -

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city H5892 of David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:3 - And their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, with fortified cities H5892 in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed [fn]with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - And they went around Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities H5892 of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:21 - So all of the people of the land were glad, and the city H5892 was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities H5892 of Judah and gather money from all Israel to [fn]repair the house of your God [fn]annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:16 - They buried him in the city H5892 of David among the kings, because he had done what is good in Israel and [fn]to God and His house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 -

When they had gone from him (for they left him very sick), his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [fn]son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the [fn]troops whom Amaziah sent back from going with him to battle, raided the cities H5892 of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 of them and plundered much plunder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:28 - Then they carried him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city H5892 of Judah.

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