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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 1,095 times in 936 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 7 / 19 (Jdg 18:27–1Sa 23:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29 - 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 Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and the servant said to his master, “Please come, and let us turn aside into this city H5892 of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 go on as far as Gibeah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - They turned aside there in order to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When [fn]they entered, [fn]they sat down in the open square of the city, H5892 for no one took them into his house to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - While they were [fn]celebrating, behold, the men of the city, H5892 certain [fn]worthless 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 have [fn]relations with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - 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 Box Jdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - 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 Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - The sons of Benjamin went out [fn]against the people and were drawn away from the city, H5892 and they began to strike [fn]and kill 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 Box Jdg 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - The sons of Benjamin said, “They are struck down 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 Box Jdg 20:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 20:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 while those who came out of the cities H5892 destroyed them in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - The men of Israel then turned back against 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 Box Jdg 21:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. And when they had come to Bethlehem, all the city H5892 was stirred because of them, and [fn]the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - She took it up and went into the city, H5892 and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave [fn]Naomi what she had left after [fn]she was satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - Again he said, “Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it.” So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her. Then [fn]she went into the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:2 - He took ten men of the elders of the city H5892 and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - Now this man would go up from his city H5892 yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat [fn]by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, H5892 and all the city H5892 cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - After they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city H5892 with very great confusion; and He smote the men of the city, H5892 both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill [fn]us and [fn]our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; H5892 the hand of God was very heavy there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:12 - And the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and the cry of the city H5892 went up to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities H5892 of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities H5892 and of country villages. The large [fn]stone on which they set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The cities H5892 which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. So there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and [fn]appoint them a king.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.” H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - He said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, H5892 and the man is held in honor; all that he says surely comes true. Now let us go there, perhaps he can tell us about our journey on which we have set out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:10 - Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said; come, let us go.” So they went to the city H5892 where the man of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - As they went up the slope to the city, H5892 they found young women going out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - They answered them and said, “He is; [fn]see, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come into the city H5892 today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - “As soon as you enter the city H5892 you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now therefore, go up for you will find him at once.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - So they went up to the city. H5892 As they came into the city, H5892 behold, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 - When they came down from the high place into the city, H5892 Samuel spoke with Saul on the [fn]roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - As they were going down to the edge of the city, H5892 Samuel said to Saul, “Say to the servant that he might go ahead of us and pass on, but you remain standing now, that I may proclaim the word of God to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “Afterward you will come to [fn]the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, H5892 that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - Saul came to the city H5892 of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city H5892 came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities H5892 of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with [fn]musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - “If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, H5892 because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - for he said, ‘Please [fn]let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, H5892 and my brother has commanded me to attend. And now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:40 - Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, “Go, bring them to the city.” H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - Jonathan said to David, “Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD will be between me and you, and between my [fn]descendants and your [fn]descendants forever.’” [fn]Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And he struck Nob the city H5892 of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has [fn]delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city H5892 with double gates and bars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David said, “O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city H5892 on my account.

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