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Lexicon :: Strong's H5892 - ʿîr

Aa
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 19 / 19 (Hos 11:6–Zec 14:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:6 - The sword will whirl against [fn]their cities, H5892
And will demolish [fn]their gate bars
And consume them because of their counsels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - I will not execute My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim again.
For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [fn]wrath. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:10 - Where now is your king
That he may save you in all your cities, H5892
And your judges of whom you [fn]requested,
“Give me a king and princes”?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 - They rush on the city, H5892
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They enter through the windows like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:6 - If a trumpet is blown in a city H5892 will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city H5892 has not the LORD done it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - “But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities H5892
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city H5892
And on another city H5892 I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - “So two or three cities H5892 would stagger to another city H5892 to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3 - For thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“The city H5892 which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord [fn]GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared:
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And [fn]detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city H5892 and [fn]all it contains.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, thus says the LORD, ‘Your wife will become a harlot in the city, H5892 your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:14 - “Also I will restore the [fn]captivity of My people Israel,
And they will rebuild the ruined cities H5892 and live in them;
They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 - And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the cities H5892 of the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city H5892 and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:2 - “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city H5892 and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was [fn]an exceedingly great city, H5892 a three days’ walk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - Then Jonah began to go through the city H5892 one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - Then Jonah went out from the city H5892 and sat east of [fn]it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city H5892 in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - “I will also cut off the cities H5892 of your land
And tear down all your fortifications.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:14 - “I will root out your [fn]Asherim from among you
And destroy your cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:9 - The voice of the LORD will call to the city H5892—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed [fn]its time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - It will be a day when [fn]they will come to you
From Assyria and the cities H5892 of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the [fn]Euphrates,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - Woe to the bloody city, H5892 completely full of lies and pillage;
Her prey never departs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - “Woe to him who builds a city H5892 with bloodshed
And founds a town with [fn]violence!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - A day of trumpet and battle cry
Against the fortified cities H5892
And the high corner towers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the exultant city H5892
Which dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a desolation,
A resting place for beasts!
Everyone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city! H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are in ruins.
I have made their streets desolate,
With no one passing by;
Their cities H5892 are laid waste,
Without a man, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the angel of the LORD said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities H5892 of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “My cities H5892 will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7 - ‘Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and [fn]prosperous along with its cities H5892 around it, and the [fn]Negev and the [fn]foothills were inhabited?’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - “Thus says the LORD, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City H5892 of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - ‘And the [fn]streets of the city H5892 will be filled with boys and girls playing in its [fn]streets.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:20 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2 - For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city H5892 will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city H5892 exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. H5892

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