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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5892 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 1,095 times in 936 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 19 (2Ch 12:4–2Ch 32:6)

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 became powerful in Jerusalem and reigned there. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city H5892 which the LORD 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 [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city H5892 of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities H5892, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and [fn]Ephron with its villages.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities H5892 of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - He built fortified cities H5892 in Judah, since the land was undisturbed, and [fn]there was no one at war with him during those years, because the LORD had given him rest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - For he said to Judah, “Let’s build these cities H5892 and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still [fn]ours because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - They [fn]destroyed all the cities H5892 around Gerar, for the dread of the LORD had fallen on them; and they pillaged all the cities H5892, for there was much plunder in them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - “Nation was crushed by nation, and city H5892 by city H5892, for God troubled them 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 took courage and removed the abominable 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 restored the altar of the LORD which was in front of the porch of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and he sent the commanders of his armies against the cities H5892 of Israel, and they [fn]conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the [fn]storage cities H5892 of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb which he had 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 - He placed troops in all the fortified cities H5892 of Judah, and placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities H5892 of Ephraim which his father Asa 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 - They taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the LORD with them; and they went throughout 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 storage cities H5892 in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - He had large supplies in the cities H5892 of Judah, and warriors, valiant mighty men, in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These are the ones who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities H5892 throughout Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city H5892, and to Joash the king’s son;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities H5892 of Judah, city H5892 by city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - “Whenever any dispute comes to you from your countrymen who live in their cities H5892, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them so that they will not be guilty before the LORD, and wrath will not come on you and your countrymen. This you shall do and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:4 - So Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities H5892 of Judah to seek the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 -

Then Jehoshaphat [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city H5892 of David, and his son Jehoram became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:3 - 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 for 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 throughout 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 rejoiced and the city H5892 was at rest. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities H5892 of Judah and collect money from all Israel to [fn]repair the house of your God annually, and you shall [fn]do the work quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:16 - And they buried him in the city H5892 of David with the kings, because he had done well in Israel and [fn]for God and His house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 -

When they left him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [fn]son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered 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, those not going with him to battle, raided the cities H5892 of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck and killed three thousand of them, and plundered a large amount of spoils.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:28 - Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city H5892 of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 -

Now he went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities H5892 in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - Moreover, he built cities H5892 in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city H5892 of David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name got up, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked people from the spoils; they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city H5892 of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines had also invaded the cities H5892 of the [fn]lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they had settled there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - In every city H5892 of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers, to anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - So Ahaz [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city H5892, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 -

Then King Hezekiah got up early and assembled the princes of the city H5892, and went up to the house of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 -

So the [fn]couriers passed from city H5892 to city H5892 through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 -

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities H5892 of Judah, broke the memorial stones in pieces, cut down the [fn]Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until [fn]they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities H5892, each to his possession.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - The sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities H5892 of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of [fn]sacred gifts which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and placed them in heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - [fn]Under his authority were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities H5892 of the priests, to distribute their portions faithfully to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the pasture lands of their cities H5892, or in each H5892 and every city H5892, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone genealogically enrolled among the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 -

After these [fn]acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities H5892, and [fn]intended to break into them for himself.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city H5892, and they helped him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and [fn]erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the [fn]Millo in the city H5892 of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city H5892 gate, and spoke [fn]encouragingly to them, saying,

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