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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 5 / 19 (Jos 15:9–Jos 21:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities H5892 of Mount Ephron; then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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Now the cities H5892 at the far end of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - and Shaaraim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44 - and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:54 - and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior; nine cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - and Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six cities H5892 with their villages.

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Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah; two cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - together with the cities H5892 which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the border went down to the [fn]brook of Kanah, southward of the [fn]brook (these cities H5892 belonged to Ephraim among the cities H5892 of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the [fn]brook, and [fn]it ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:12 - But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities H5892 because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:9 - So the men went and passed through the land and wrote a description of it by cities H5892 in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - Then the border curved from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city H5892 of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

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Now the cities H5892 of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities H5892 with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - and Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen cities H5892 with their villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Rimmon and Ether and Ashan; four cities H5892 with their villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages which were around these cities H5892 as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the [fn]Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included also were Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This was the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - And the border reached to Tabor and Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh, and [fn]their border ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - Then the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city H5892 of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and [fn]it ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30 - Included also were Ummah and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - Now the fortified cities H5892 were Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - and Yiron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities H5892 with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - In accordance with the [fn]command of Yahweh they gave him the city H5892 for which he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city H5892 and [fn]settled in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘[fn]Designate the cities H5892 of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - ‘And he shall flee to one of these cities H5892 and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city H5892 and speak his case in the hearing of the elders of that city H5892; and they shall [fn]take him into the city H5892 to them and give him a place, so that he may live among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - ‘And he shall live in that city H5892 until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return and come to his own city H5892 and to his own house, to the city H5892 from which he fled.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the appointed cities H5892 for all the sons of Israel and for the sojourner who sojourns among them, that whoever strikes down any person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:2 - And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities H5892 to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities H5892 with their pasture lands, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, [fn]received thirteen cities H5892 by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

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Now the rest of the sons of Kohath [fn]received ten cities H5892 by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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And the sons of Gershon [fn]received thirteen cities H5892 by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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The sons of Merari according to their families [fn]received twelve cities H5892 from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

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So the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities H5892 with their pasture lands, as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses.

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They also gave from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon these cities H5892 which are here mentioned by name;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields of the city H5892 and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Thus to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city H5892 of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah also with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - and [fn]Ain with its pasture lands, and Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities H5892 from these two tribes.

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