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Lexicon :: Strong's H5894 - ʿîr

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עִיר
Transliteration
ʿîr
Pronunciation
eer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a root corresponding to עוּר (H5782)
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TWOT Reference: 2907

Strong’s Definitions

עִיר ʻîyr, eer; (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H5782; a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian):—watcher.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5894 in the following manner: watcher (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5894 in the following manner: watcher (3x).

  1. waking, watchful, wakeful one, watcher, angel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִיר ʻîyr, eer; (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H5782; a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian):—watcher.
STRONGS H5894: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† עִיר noun masculine waking, or wakeful, one, i.e. angel ( √ H5782 עיר, compare Syriac bdb110507 wake, bdb110508 waking (PS2843), Jewish-Aramaic עִיר, Late Hebrew עֵיר adjective awake); — absolute ע׳ Daniel 4:10 [Daniel 4:13]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; plural absolute עִירִין Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17]; Aq Symm. ἐγρήγορος; compare CharlesEnoch i. 5; xxxix. 12; also p. 356 Dron the passage; doubtful is the connection with Phoenician Zophesemim (EusebPraep. Evang. 10), i.e. צפי שמים watchers of heaven, as keeping watch over or spying out (ZimKAT 3. 629 JeremAtim Licht d. AO 63).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

4:13; 4:17; 4:23

H5894

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5894 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 -

‘And behold, I saw in the visions of my mind as I lay on my bed, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 -

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers

And the decision is a command of the holy ones,

So that the living may know [without any doubt]

That the Most High [God] rules over the kingdom of mankind

And He bestows it on whomever He desires

And sets over it the humblest and lowliest of men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - ‘In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Cut the tree down and destroy it; but leave the stump with its roots in the earth, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him feed with the beasts of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”
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