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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

H5892

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Strong's Number H5892 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 56 times in 48 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8

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Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city H5892 on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16

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Now the sons of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the city H5892 of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So the name of the city H5892 was called Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city H5892 was formerly Luz).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - Then the [fn]spies saw a man coming out of the city H5892, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city H5892, and we will treat you with lovingkindness.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them the entrance to the city H5892, and they struck the city H5892 with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26 - So the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city H5892 and named it Luz [fn]which is its name to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city H5892 of the palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as Yahweh had spoken to him; and now it happened that because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city H5892 to do it by day, he did it by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28

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Then the men of the city H5892 arose early in the morning, and behold, the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah which was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar which had been built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the city H5892 said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal, and indeed, he has cut down the Asherah which was beside it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - Then he took the elders of the city H5892 as well as thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he [fn]taught the men of Succoth a lesson.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - Then Gideon made it into an ephod and placed it in his city H5892, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30

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Then Zebul the ruler of the city H5892 heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, and his anger burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abimelech [fn]deceitfully, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his [fn]relatives have come to Shechem; and behold, they are [fn]stirring up the city H5892 against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - “And it will be in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, that you shall rise early and rush upon the city H5892; and behold, he and the people who are with him will come out against you, and you shall do to them [fn]whatever your hand finds pleasing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city H5892 gate; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - So he took [fn]his people and divided them into three [fn]companies and lay in wait in the field; then he looked, and behold, the people were coming out from the city H5892. So he arose against them and struck them down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Then Abimelech and the [fn]company who was with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the city H5892 gate; but the other two [fn]companies rushed upon all who were in the field and struck them down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - So Abimelech fought against the city H5892 all that day, and he captured the city H5892 and killed the people who were in it; then he tore the city H5892 down and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower in the center of the city H5892, and all the men and women with all the lords of the city H5892 fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - ‘While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns and in Aroer and its towns and in all the cities H5892 that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them for yourself within that time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he struck them with a very great slaughter from Aroer [fn]to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities H5892, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7

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And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities H5892 of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men of the city H5892 said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What is sweeter than honey?

And what is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,

You would not have found out my riddle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” so they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city H5892. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let us wait until the morning light; then we will kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and seized the doors of the city H5892 gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and brought them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - Then the man went from the city H5892, from Bethlehem in Judah, to sojourn wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27

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Now they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city H5892 with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28 - And there was no one to deliver them because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley which is near Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city H5892 and lived in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29 - And they called the name of the city H5892 Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born in Israel; however, the name of the city H5892 formerly was Laish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - They were alongside of Jebus, and the day was almost gone. And the young man said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city H5892 of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - However, his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into the city H5892 of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; but we will pass on by until Gibeah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - Then they turned aside there in order to enter and to spend the night in Gibeah. So [fn]they entered and sat down in the open square of the city H5892. Now no one was taking them into his house to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city H5892; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22

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They were making their hearts merry, and behold, the men of the city H5892, certain [fn]vile fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may [fn]know him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:11 - Thus all the men of Israel were gathered against the city H5892, united as one man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - Then the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities H5892 to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And from the cities H5892 on that day the sons of Benjamin were [fn]numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were [fn]numbered, 700 choice men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - So the sons of Benjamin went out to meet the people and were drawn away from the city H5892, and they began to strike [fn]and slay some of the people as at other times, on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - The sons of Benjamin said, “They are [fn]defeated before us, as at the first.” But the sons of Israel said, “Let us flee that we may draw them away from the city H5892 to the highways.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - So the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah. Then the men in ambush deployed and struck all the city H5892 with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But the cloud began to rise from the city H5892 in a column of smoke, and Benjamin turned behind them; and behold, the whole city H5892 was going up in smoke to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore, they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities H5892 destroyed them in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - Now the men of Israel returned to the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city H5892 with the cattle and all that they found; they also set on fire all the cities H5892 which they found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the sons of Benjamin did so and carried away wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they stole away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities H5892 and lived in them.
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