עִיר
city
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 518 times (47%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 236 times (22%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 179 times (16%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 157 times (14%)
- Noun, Proper 3 times (0%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 2 times (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,095 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Joshua 128 verses
- Joshua 15:9 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);
- Joshua 15:21 הֶ/עָרִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
- Joshua 15:32 עָרִ֛ים n c fp and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
- Joshua 15:36 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:41 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:44 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:51 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:54 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Humtah, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:57 עָרִ֥ים n c fp Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:59 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:60 עָרִ֥ים n c fp Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:62 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 16:9 וְ/הֶ/עָרִ֗ים הֶ/עָרִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fp together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 17:9 עָרִ֤ים עָרֵ֣י n c fp n c fp cs The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out of it were at the sea:
- Joshua 17:12 הֶֽ/עָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c fp Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- Joshua 18:9 לֶֽ/עָרִ֛ים prep det + n c fp The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
- Joshua 18:14 עִ֖יר n c fs cs The border extended [there], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
- Joshua 18:21 הֶֽ/עָרִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c fp Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah, and Emek Keziz,
- Joshua 18:24 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
- Joshua 18:28 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- Joshua 19:6 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
- Joshua 19:7 עָרִ֥ים n c fp Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
- Joshua 19:8 הֶֽ/עָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c fp and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
- Joshua 19:15 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:16 הֶֽ/עָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c fp This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:22 עָרִ֥ים n c fp and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:23 הֶ/עָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:29 עִ֖יר n c fs cs and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it were at the sea by the region of Achzib;
- Joshua 19:30 עָרִ֛ים n c fp Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:31 הֶ/עָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c fp This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:35 וְ/עָרֵ֖י conj + n c fp cs The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
- Joshua 19:38 עָרִ֥ים n c fp Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth Anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:39 הֶ/עָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:48 הֶֽ/עָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c fp This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:50 הָ/עִיר֙ הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs according to the commandment of Yahweh they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived therein.
- Joshua 20:2 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
- Joshua 20:4 מֵ/הֶ/עָרִ֣ים הָ/עִ֔יר הָ/עִֽיר הָ/עִ֨ירָ/ה֙ prep + ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs + sfx dem He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
- Joshua 20:6 בָּ/עִ֣יר עִיר/וֹ֙ הָ/עִ֖יר prep det + n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c fs He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.
- Joshua 20:9 עָרֵ֨י n c fp cs These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
- Joshua 21:2 עָרִ֖ים n c fp and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for our cattle.
- Joshua 21:3 הֶ/עָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:4 עָרִ֖ים n c fp The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:5 עָרִ֥ים n c fp The rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
- Joshua 21:6 עָרִ֖ים n c fp The children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:7 עָרִ֖ים n c fp The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- Joshua 21:8 הֶ/עָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
- Joshua 21:9 הֶֽ/עָרִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c fp They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:
- Joshua 21:12 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs But the fields of the city, and the villages of it, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Joshua 21:13 עִיר֙ n c fs cs To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
- Joshua 21:16 עָרִ֣ים n c fp and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- Joshua 21:18 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:19 עָרֵ֥י עָרִ֖ים n c fp cs n c fp All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:20 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
- Joshua 21:21 עִ֨יר n c fs cs They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
- Joshua 21:22 עָרִ֖ים n c fp and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:24 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:25 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
- Joshua 21:26 עָרִ֥ים n c fp All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:27 עִיר֙ עָרִ֖ים n c fs cs n c fp To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
- Joshua 21:29 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:31 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:32 עִ֣יר עָרִ֖ים n c fs cs n c fp Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
- Joshua 21:33 עָרֵ֥י עִ֖יר n c fp cs n c fs All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:35 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:37 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:38 עִיר֙ n c fs cs Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
- Joshua 21:39 עָרִ֖ים n c fp Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
- Joshua 21:40 הֶ֨/עָרִ֜ים עָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fp All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
- Joshua 21:41 עָרֵ֣י עָרִ֛ים n c fp cs n c fp All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:42 הֶ/עָרִ֣ים עִ֣יר עִ֔יר הֶ/עָרִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fs n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fp These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
- Joshua 24:13 וְ/עָרִים֙ conj + n c fp I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant do you eat.
Judges 48 verses
- Judges 1:8 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- Judges 1:16 מֵ/עִ֤יר prep + n c fs cs The children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
- Judges 1:17 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
- Judges 1:23 הָ/עִ֥יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
- Judges 1:24 הָ/עִ֑יר הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
- Judges 1:25 הָ/עִ֔יר הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs He shown them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
- Judges 1:26 עִ֗יר n c fs The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.
- Judges 3:13 עִ֥יר n c fs cs He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
- Judges 6:27 הָ/עִ֛יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him: and it happened, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
- Judges 6:28 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
- Judges 6:30 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
- Judges 8:16 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- Judges 8:17 הָ/עִֽיר ptcl def.art + n c fs He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
- Judges 8:27 בְ/עִיר/וֹ֙ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
- Judges 9:30 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
- Judges 9:31 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city [to take part] against you.
- Judges 9:33 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and, behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
- Judges 9:35 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.
- Judges 9:43 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them, and struck them.
- Judges 9:44 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.
- Judges 9:45 בָּ/עִ֗יר הָ/עִ֔יר הָ/עִ֔יר prep det + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Judges 9:51 הָ/עִיר֒ הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
- Judges 11:26 הֶֽ/עָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you recover them within that time?
- Judges 11:33 עִ֗יר n c fs He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
- Judges 12:7 בְּ/עָרֵ֥י prep + n c fp cs Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
- Judges 14:18 הָ/עִ֜יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, You wouldn't have found out my riddle.
- Judges 16:2 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs [It was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be] until morning light, then we will kill him.
- Judges 16:3 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
- Judges 17:8 מֵ/הָ/עִ֗יר prep + ptcl def.art + n c fs The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
- Judges 18:27 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
- Judges 18:28 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.
- Judges 18:29 הָ/עִיר֙ הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.
- Judges 19:11 עִֽיר n c fs cs When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Please come and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
- Judges 19:12 עִ֣יר n c fs His master said to him, We won't turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
- Judges 19:15 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs They turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge.
- Judges 19:17 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and whence come you?
- Judges 19:22 הָ/עִ֜יר ptcl def.art + n c fs As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
- Judges 20:11 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
- Judges 20:14 הֶ/עָרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
- Judges 20:15 מֵ/הֶ֣/עָרִ֔ים prep + ptcl def.art + n c fp The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
- Judges 20:31 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- Judges 20:32 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.
- Judges 20:37 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The liers-in-wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
- Judges 20:38 הָ/עִֽיר ptcl def.art + n c fs Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
- Judges 20:40 הָ/עִ֖יר הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
- Judges 20:42 מֵ/הֶ֣/עָרִ֔ים prep + ptcl def.art + n c fp Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it.
- Judges 20:48 מֵ/עִ֤יר הֶ/עָרִ֥ים prep + n c fs cs ptcl def.art + n c fp The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
- Judges 21:23 הֶ֣/עָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
Ruth 4 verses
- Ruth 1:19 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?
- Ruth 2:18 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.
- Ruth 3:15 הָ/עִֽיר ptcl def.art + n c fs He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
- Ruth 4:2 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. They sat down.
1 Samuel 32 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:3 מֵֽ/עִיר/וֹ֙ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
- 1 Samuel 4:13 בָּ/עִ֔יר הָ/עִֽיר prep det + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
- 1 Samuel 5:9 בָּ/עִיר֙ הָ/עִ֔יר prep det + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.
- 1 Samuel 5:11 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
- 1 Samuel 5:12 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
- 1 Samuel 6:18 עָרֵ֤י מֵ/עִ֣יר n c fp cs prep + n c fs cs and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains] to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
- 1 Samuel 7:14 הֶ/עָרִ֡ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 8:22 לְ/עִירֽ/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city.
- 1 Samuel 9:6 בָּ/עִ֣יר prep det + n c fs He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
- 1 Samuel 9:10 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
- 1 Samuel 9:11 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
- 1 Samuel 9:12 לָ/עִ֔יר prep det + n c fs They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he is come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
- 1 Samuel 9:13 הָ/עִ֣יר ptcl def.art + n c fs as soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat who are invited. Now therefore get you up; for at this time you shall find him.
- 1 Samuel 9:14 הָ/עִ֑יר הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs They went up to the city; [and] as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:25 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs When they were come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
- 1 Samuel 9:27 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand you still first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God.
- 1 Samuel 10:5 הָ/עִ֗יר ptcl def.art + n c fs After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
- 1 Samuel 15:5 עִ֣יר n c fs cs Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
- 1 Samuel 16:4 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Come you peaceably?
- 1 Samuel 18:6 עָרֵ֤י n c fp cs It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- 1 Samuel 20:6 עִיר֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms If your father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
- 1 Samuel 20:29 בָּ/עִ֗יר prep det + n c fs and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
- 1 Samuel 20:40 הָ/עִֽיר ptcl def.art + n c fs Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.
- 1 Samuel 20:42 הָ/עִֽיר ptcl def.art + n c fs Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever. He arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
- 1 Samuel 22:19 עִיר n c fs cs Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- 1 Samuel 23:7 בְּ/עִ֖יר prep + n c fs cs It was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
- 1 Samuel 23:10 לָ/עִ֖יר prep det + n c fs Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
- 1 Samuel 27:5 עָרֵ֥י בְּ/עִ֥יר n c fp cs prep + n c fs cs David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
- 1 Samuel 28:3 וּ/בְ/עִיר֑/וֹ conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
- 1 Samuel 30:3 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
- 1 Samuel 30:29 בְּ/עָרֵ֣י בְּ/עָרֵ֥י prep + n c fp cs prep + n c fp cs and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
- 1 Samuel 31:7 הֶֽ/עָרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
2 Samuel 43 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:1 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? Yahweh said to him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go up? He said, To Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 2:3 בְּ/עָרֵ֥י prep + n c fp cs His men who were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 5:7 עִ֥יר n c fs cs Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 5:9 עִ֣יר n c fs cs David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 2 Samuel 6:10 עִ֣יר n c fs cs So David would not remove the ark of Yahweh to him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 2 Samuel 6:12 עִ֥יר n c fs cs It was told king David, saying, Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.
- 2 Samuel 6:16 עִ֣יר n c fs cs It was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 8:8 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
- 2 Samuel 10:3 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
- 2 Samuel 10:12 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh do that which seems him good.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:16 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
- 2 Samuel 11:17 הָ/עִיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
- 2 Samuel 11:20 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?
- 2 Samuel 11:25 הָ/עִ֛יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Joab, Don't let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
- 2 Samuel 12:1 בְּ/עִ֣יר prep + n c fs Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 12:26 עִ֥יר n c fs cs Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- 2 Samuel 12:27 עִ֥יר n c fs cs Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
- 2 Samuel 12:28 הָ/עִ֖יר הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
- 2 Samuel 12:30 הָ/עִ֛יר ptcl def.art + n c fs He took the crown of their king from off his head; and the weight of it was a talent of gold, and [in it were] precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
- 2 Samuel 12:31 עָרֵ֣י n c fp cs He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 עִיר֙ n c fs Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:12 מֵֽ/עִיר/וֹ֙ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 15:14 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
- 2 Samuel 15:24 הָ/עִֽיר ptcl def.art + n c fs Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 15:25 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
- 2 Samuel 15:27 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 15:34 הָ/עִ֣יר ptcl def.art + n c fs but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
- 2 Samuel 15:37 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 17:13 עִיר֙ הָ/עִ֥יר n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there not be one small stone found there.
- 2 Samuel 17:17 הָ/עִֽירָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c fs + sfx dem Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come into the city.
- 2 Samuel 17:23 עִיר֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
- 2 Samuel 18:3 מֵ/עִ֖יר prep + n c fs But the people said, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 19:3 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- 2 Samuel 19:37 בְּ/עִירִ֔/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
- 2 Samuel 20:6 עָרִ֥ים n c fp David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
- 2 Samuel 20:15 הָ/עִ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c fs They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
- 2 Samuel 20:16 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
- 2 Samuel 20:19 עִ֤יר n c fs I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?
- 2 Samuel 20:21 הָ/עִ֑יר ptcl def.art + n c fs The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 הָ/עִ֖יר ptcl def.art + n c fs Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 2 Samuel 24:5 הָ/עִ֛יר ptcl def.art + n c fs They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:
- 2 Samuel 24:7 עָרֵ֥י n c fp cs and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
1 Kings 47 verses
- 1 Kings 2:10 בְּ/עִ֥יר prep + n c fs cs David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 3:1 עִ֣יר n c fs cs Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
About this entry
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The Hebrew noun עיר centers on the idea of “city.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 4:17. It turns up in 936 verses across 37 books, one of the most common footprint. The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. It shares a root with עור, עיר and עיר. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5892 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 936
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 936 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #35
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 35 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 936 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 128 verses 14%
- Jeremiah 118 verses 13%
- 2 Chronicles 74 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 936 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 602 verses · 64%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 191 verses · 20%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 143 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: City 554×, Cities 316×, All the cities 34×
- American Standard Version†: City 504×, Cities 294×, All the cities 32×
- Berean Standard Bible†: City 567×, Cities 332×, Towns 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: City 486×, Cities 246×, Cities of 115×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5892 across 1,081† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 100 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5892 across 1,079† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 157 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5892 across 1,034† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 56 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 58 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5892 across 1,092† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
עיר I [m.] agitation
עיר II
- 1. city, town, abode of men Gn 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ec 9:14 (cf. Gn 19:20); especially e.g. Genesis 4:17
- a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת 2 S 20:6 +, etc., v. בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַר־צֹר Jos 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, ע׳ מָצוֹר ψ 31:22 +, etc., v. מָצוֹר, מְצוּרָה sub צוּר (Mi 7:12 v. מָצוֹר p. 596 a); ע׳ עָז־לָנוּ Is 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֹ 17:9; ע׳ דְּלָתַים וּבְרִיחַ 1 S 23:7; ע׳ חוֹמָה Lv 25:29, cf. v 30 (P), 1 K 4:13; on Ho 10:14 v. i. עַם 2 b (1 S 9:14 read הַשַּׁעַר 𝔊 We Dr al.). e.g. 2 Samuel 20:6
- b. opp. כֹּפֶר הַפְּרָוִי 1 S 6:18, עָרֵי הַפּ׳ Dt 3:5, ע׳ הַפְּרָזוֹת Est 9:19; disting. from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Jos 13:23 + often P e.g. 1 Samuel 6:18
- c. עָרֶיהָ are dependent towns Jos 13:17 (P), Je 19:15. e.g. Joshua 13:17
- d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Jos 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, cf. Tel Am. al šarri;), so sg. 1 S 27:5, opp. עָרֵי הַשָּׂדֶה v 5 rural towns; ע׳ הַמְּלוּכָה 2 S 12:26 (but read ע׳ הַמַּיִם We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, v. 2 infr.). e.g. Joshua 10:2
- e. עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת Ex 1:11 storage-cities, so 1 K 9:19 = 2 Ch 8:6; 2 Ch 8:4; 17:12; for מ׳ ע׳ נַפְתָּלִי 16:4 read prob. כִּנְרוֹת עַל־וגו׳ (as 1 K 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); cf. ע׳ הָרֶכֶב 1 K 9:19; 10:26 = 2 Ch 8:6; 9:25; 2 Ch 1:14; ע׳ הַפָּרָשִׁים 1 K 9:19 = 2 Ch 8:6. e.g. Exodus 1:11
- f. ע׳ (הַ)מִקְלָט (P) asylum-cities Nu 35:11, 13, 14; Jos 20:2, cf. Nu 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32, ע׳ לְמִקְלָט v 12; ע׳ מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ Jos 21:13 + 4 times 21. e.g. Numbers 35:11
- g. ע׳ (הָ)אֱלֹהִים = Jerus.: ψ 46:5; 87:3, cf. 48:2, 9; ע׳ י׳ Is 60:14 ψ 101:8; ע׳ י׳ צְבָאוֹת 48:9. e.g. Psalms 46:5
- h. city = inhabitants 1 S 4:13; 5:12; Is 22:2 Ru 1:19, so 2 S 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for MT הָעָם) 𝔊 We Dr al. (cf. also foll.). e.g. 1 Samuel 4:13
- i. combinations are: ע׳ רֹכְלִים Ez 17:4 city of merchants; ע׳ מוֹשָׁב ψ 107:4, 7, 36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: †ע׳ הַצֶּדֶק Is 1:26, †ע׳ הָאֱמֶת Zc 8:3; †ע׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Is 48:2; 52:1 Ne 11:1, 18, cf. Dn 9:24, all of Jerus.; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Je 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, ע׳ תְּהִלָּה Je 49:25, הַהֻלָּלָה הָע׳ Ez 26:17, הָע׳ הָעַלִּיזָה Zp 2:15; of Jerus. also הָע׳ הַיּוֹנָה Zp 3:1 oppressive city, ע׳ (הַ)דָּמִים bloody city Ez 22:2; 24:6, 9 and (of Nineveh) Na 3:1. e.g. Ezekiel 17:4
- 2. of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 S 5:7, 9; 6:10 + often (v. דָּוִד); ע׳ בֵּית הַבָּ֑עַל 2 K 10:25 (crpt.; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ע׳, cf. Kmp Benz Kit); ע׳ הַמַּיִם 2 S 12:27 (so read also v 26, see 1 d). e.g. 2 Samuel 5:7
- 3. appar. fortified place, of any size, בְּכָל־עָרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְדַּל נוֹצְרִים עַד־ עִיר מִבְצָר 2 K 17:9 = 18:8; cf. Nu 13:9 (P; but on comp. of ver. see Di); perhaps also ע׳ עֲמָלֵק 1 S 15:5 (HPS).—Ho 7:4 v. I. עור Hiph. e.g. 2 Kings 17:9
עיר III m. in בְּנֵי ע׳ 1 Ch 7
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Word origin
I. n.[m.] agitation;—of terror, ע׳ וּבֶהָלוֹת Je 15:8; of rage (si vera l.), לֹא אָבוֹא בְּעִיר Ho 11:9, but St proposes לְבָעֵר cf. We Oort Now GASm.—בָּעִיר ψ 73:20 v. עור Hiph.—ii, iii. עִיר v. p. 746 infr.
III. n.f. Gn 10:12 (AlbrechtZAW xvi. 49 f.) city, town (√ unkn.; NH id.;? Ph. ער Lzb345; Sab. ער fortified height (cf. 3) PräZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CISiv. pp. 94, 95, 173);—ע׳ abs. Gn 4:17 +, cstr. 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 K 14:12 + 7 times; sf. עִירִי 2 S 19:38 + 2 times, etc.; pl. עָרִים Is 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Ju 10:4 (textual error, or word-play, cf. GFM); cstr. עָרֵי Gn 19:29 +; sf. עָרַי Zc 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Is 1:7 +, etc.;—
IV. n.pr.m. in בְּנֵי ע׳ 1 Ch 7:12, text dub., v. Be Kau.
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Derived from עור (ʻûwr) (H5782) — to awake.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עֲיָירוֹת
- , pl. of עִיר.
*עַיִר
- (= h. עַיִר; v. עוּר; cmp. נַעַר) foal. Targ. Zech. IX, 9.—Pl. עַיְרִין. Targ. Jud. X, 4; v. עִיל.
עִיר I
- (עוּר) guardian, angel. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVIII, 8 ולא ירד עמו לא ע׳ ולא שרף וכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. לא ע׳ ולא קדיש, borrowed from Dan. IV, 10) nor went down with him (Abraham) a guardian, or Seraph, or angel. Ib. to Ps. 1 (play on עיר, Gen. XI, 4) ואין ע׳ אלא אלוה ʿir means a deity (ref. to Dan. l. c.).—Pl. עִירִין. Pes. 33ᵃ (quot. fr. Dan. IV, 14) בגזירת ע׳ וכ׳ by the decree of the guardians (scholars) the word (is established) &c., i.e. they have so decided at college.—[עִיר awake, v. עוּר ch.] e.g. Daniel 4:10
עִיר II
- [watch-tower, fort,] town, city. B. Kam. 80ᵇ הלוקח ע׳ בארץ וכ׳ he who buys a township in Palestine, is bound by law to buy also the accesses to it on four sides. Snh. 17ᵇ כל ע׳ שאין בה עשרה וכ׳ in a town in which there are not the following ten things (institutions), a scholar is not permitted to live. Snh. I, 6 וכמה יהא בע׳ וכ׳ and how large must the population of a town be, to be fit as a seat for a Sanhedrin? Yoma 20ᵇ הָעִ׳ (Ms. M. רומי) the City of Rome; Pes. 119ᵃ בָּעִ׳ (Ms. M. ברומי) in Rome; a. v. fr.—Pl. עָרִים, עֲיָירוֹת. Tosef. Macc. III (II), 1; Macc. 9ᵇ שלש ע׳ הבדיל וכ׳ Moses set apart three towns (of refuge). Ib. II, 4, a. fr. עָרֵי מקלט, v. מִקְלָט. Meg. I, 1, sq.; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 276 distinct written forms H5892 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 216 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5892, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- עירא ʻÎyrâʼ H5896 Ira
- ער ʻÊr H6147 Er
- ערי ʻÊrîy H6179 Eri
- ערן ʻÊrân H6197 Eran
- עיר ʻÎyr H5893 Ir
- עיר המלח ʻÎyr ham-Melach H5898 Ir-hammelech
- עיר התמרים ʻÎyr hat-Tᵉmârîym H5899 the city of palmtrees
- עירו ʻÎyrûw H5900 Iru
- עירי ʻÎyrîy H5901 Iri
- עירם ʻÎyrâm H5902 Iram
- עיר נחש ʻÎyr Nâchâsh H5904 Ir-nahash
- עיר שמש ʻÎyr Shemesh H5905 Ir-shemesh
- ער ʻÂr H6144 Ar
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 18 — not the complete family. 13 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 879 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 936 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:17
- Exodus 1:11
- Leviticus 14:40
- Numbers 13:19
- Deuteronomy 1:22
- Joshua 3:16
- Judges 1:8
- Ruth 1:19
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 2:1
- 1 Kings 2:10
- 2 Kings 2:19
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
