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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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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 1 / 19 (Gen 4:17–Lev 25:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12 - And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12 - Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - And he said, See, I have given you your request in this one thing more: I will not send destruction on this town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13 - See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32 - Bela, son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of his chief town was Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39 - And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadar became king in his place; his chief town was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:35 - And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses said, When I am gone outside the town, my hands will be stretched out to the Lord; the thunders and the ice-storm will come to an end, so that you may see that the earth is the Lord's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - Then the priest will give orders to them to take out the stones in which the disease is seen, and put them out into an unclean place outside the town:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - And he will have the house rubbed all over inside, and the paste which is rubbed off will be put out into an unclean place outside the town:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - And the house will have to be pulled down, the stones of it and the wood and the paste; and everything is to be taken out to an unclean place outside the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53 - But he will let the living bird go out of the town into the open country; so he will take away sin from the house and it will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29 - And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the space of a full year after he has given it up.

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