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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 6 / 19 (Jos 21:18–Jdg 17:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:18 - Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:19 - All the cities H5892 of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities H5892 with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities H5892 of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city H5892 of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:22 - And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:24 - Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - All the cities H5892 were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city H5892 of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:29 - Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:31 - Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city H5892 of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - All the cities H5892 of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities H5892 with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:35 - Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:37 - Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city H5892 of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39 - Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities H5892 in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities H5892 for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - All the cities H5892 of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities H5892 with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:42 - These cities H5892 were every one H5892 H5892 with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities H5892 which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city H5892 on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of H5892 the city H5892 of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city H5892 was called Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city H5892 before was Luz.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, H5892 and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, H5892 and we will shew thee mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, H5892 they smote the city H5892 with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26 - And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, H5892 and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city H5892 of palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, H5892 that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - And when the men of the city H5892 arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the city H5892 said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - And he took the elders of the city, H5892 and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, H5892 even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 - And when Zebul the ruler of the city H5892 heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city H5892 against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: H5892 and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: H5892 and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; H5892 and he rose up against them, and smote them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: H5892 and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech fought against the city H5892 all that day; and he took the city, H5892 and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, H5892 and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower within the city, H5892 and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, H5892 and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities H5892 that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, H5892 and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 - And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities H5892 of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city H5892 said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, H5892 and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, H5892 and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - And the man departed out of the city H5892 from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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