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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 46 times in 42 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 -

Your land is desolate,

Your cities H5892 are burned with fire;

As for your fields, strangers are devouring them in front of you;

It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:8 -

The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,

Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a city H5892 under watch.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will restore your judges as at first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

After that you will be called the city H5892 of righteousness,

A faithful city.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 -

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,

“Until cities H5892 are devastated and without inhabitant,

Houses are without people

And the land is utterly desolate,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 -

Who made the world like a wilderness

And overthrew its cities H5892,

Who did not [fn]allow his prisoners to go home?’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 -

“Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons

Because of the wrongdoing of their fathers.

They must not arise and take possession of the earth,

And fill the surface of the world with cities H5892.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 -

“Wail, you gate; cry, you city H5892;

[fn]Melt away, Philistia, all of you!

For smoke comes from the north,

And there is no straggler in his ranks.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 -

The pronouncement concerning Damascus:

“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city H5892

And will become a fallen ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 -

“The cities H5892 [fn]of Aroer are abandoned;

They will be for herds [fn]to lie down in,

And there will be no one to frighten them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:9 -

On that day [fn]their strong cities H5892 will be like [fn]abandoned places in the forest,

Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;

And [fn]the land will be a desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 -

“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;

And they will fight, each against his brother and each against his neighbor,

City H5892 against city H5892 and kingdom against kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 -

On that day five cities H5892 in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of armies; one will be called the City H5892 of [fn]Destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 -

You who were full of noise,

You tumultuous town H5892, you jubilant city;

Your dead were not killed with the sword,

Nor [fn]did they die in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 -

And you saw that the breaches

In the wall of the city H5892 of David were many;

And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 -

Take your harp, wander around the city H5892,

You forgotten prostitute;

Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,

That you may be remembered.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:12 -

Desolation is left in the city H5892

And the gate is battered to ruins.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 -

For You have turned a city H5892 into a heap,

A fortified city into a ruin;

A palace of strangers is no longer a city H5892,

It will never be rebuilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 -

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city H5892;

He sets up walls and ramparts for [fn]security.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 -

For the fortified city H5892 is isolated,

A [fn]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;

There the calf will graze,

And there it will lie down and [fn]feed on its branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 -

For the palace has been neglected, the [fn]populated city H5892 abandoned.

[fn]Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever,

A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 -

And it will hail when the forest comes down,

And the city H5892 will be utterly laid low.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 -

The highways are desolate, [fn]the traveler has ceased,

He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities H5892,

He has no regard for mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 -

Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities H5892 of Judah and seized them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15 - and do not let Hezekiah lead you to rely on the LORD, saying, “The LORD will certainly save us. This city H5892 will not be handed over to the king of Assyria!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:13 - ‘Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 -

“Have you not heard?

Long ago I did it,

From ancient times I planned it.

Now I have brought it about

That you would turn fortified cities H5892 into ruined heaps.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 -

“Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not come to this city H5892 nor shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield, nor heap up an assault ramp against it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:34 - ‘By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city H5892,’ declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:35 - ‘For I will protect this city H5892 to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6 - “And I will save you and this city H5892 from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city H5892.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 -

Go up on a high mountain,

Zion, messenger of good news,

Raise your voice forcefully,

Jerusalem, messenger of good news;

Raise it up, do not fear.

Say to the cities H5892 of Judah,

“Here is your God!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 -

Let the wilderness and its cities H5892 raise their voices,

The settlements which Kedar inhabits.

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,

Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 -

Confirming the word of His servant

And [fn]carrying out the purpose of His messengers.

It is I who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited!’

And of the cities H5892 of Judah, ‘They shall be built.’

And I will raise her ruins again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 -

“I have stirred him in righteousness,

And I will make all his ways smooth.

He will build My city H5892 and let My exiles go free,

Without any payment or reward,” says the LORD of armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2 -

“For they name themselves after the holy city H5892,

And lean on the God of Israel;

The LORD of armies is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 -

Awake, awake,

Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;

Clothe yourself with your beautiful garments,

Jerusalem, the holy city H5892;

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

Will no longer come into you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 -

“For you will spread out to the right and to the left.

And your [fn]descendants will possess nations

And will resettle the desolate cities H5892.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 -

“The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,

And all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet;

And they will call you the city H5892 of the LORD,

The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 -

Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins,

They will raise up the former devastations;

And they will repair the ruined cities H5892,

The desolations of many generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:12 -

And they will call them, “The holy people,

The redeemed of the LORD”;

And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City H5892 Not Abandoned.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 -

Your holy cities H5892 have become a wilderness,

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:6 -

“A sound of uproar from the city H5892, a voice from the temple,

The voice of the LORD who is dealing retribution to His enemies.

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