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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

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim)[fn]—fourteen towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah—sixteen towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44 - Keilah, Akzib and Mareshah—nine towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Goshen, Holon and Giloh—eleven towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:54 - Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior—nine towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah and Timnah—ten towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon—six towns and their villages.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah—two towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi—six towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:12 - Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:9 - So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba—twelve towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30 - Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:2 - at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - So, as the LORD had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

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