עִיר
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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine1,096 occurrences37 books937 verses
This word comes from the name of Ir-nahash.
Definition
or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (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)
Traditional renderings: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Traditional renderings: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עִיר:
- πόλιςpolis“city”98%
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
1,096 total
- 2 Kings 14:20בְּעִ֥יר · in the CityThey carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
- 2 Kings 15:7בְּעִ֣יר · in the CityAnd Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:38בְּעִ֖יר · in the CityAnd Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 16:20בְּעִ֣יר · in the CityAnd Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 17:6וְעָרֵ֥י · and in the citiesIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 17:9עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם · their cities; עִ֥יר · cityThe Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
- 2 Kings 17:24בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the towns; בְּעָרֶֽיהָ׃ · in its townsThen the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- 2 Kings 17:26בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the citiesSo they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
- 2 Kings 17:29בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם · in the citiesNevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
- 2 Kings 18:8עִ֥יר · cityHe defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- 2 Kings 18:11וְעָרֵ֥י · and in the citiesThe king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:13עָרֵ֧י · citiesIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Kings 18:30הָעִ֣יר · cityDo not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- 2 Kings 19:13לָעִ֣ירWhere are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- 2 Kings 19:25עָרִ֥ים · citiesHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
- 2 Kings 19:32הָעִ֣יר · citySo this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- 2 Kings 19:33הָעִ֥יר · cityHe will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:34הָעִ֥יר · cityI will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- 2 Kings 20:4הָעִיר · courtyardBefore Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
- 2 Kings 20:6הָעִ֣יר · city; הָעִ֣יר · cityI will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- 2 Kings 20:20הָעִ֑ירָה · into the cityAs for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 23:5בְּעָרֵ֣י · of the citiesJosiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
- 2 Kings 23:8מֵעָרֵ֣י · from the cities; הָעִ֔יר · of the city; הָעִֽיר׃ · of the cityThen Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
- 2 Kings 23:17הָעִ֗יר · of the cityThen the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
- 2 Kings 23:19בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the citiesJust as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
- 2 Kings 23:27הָעִ֨יר · cityFor the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
- 2 Kings 24:10הָעִ֖יר · and the cityAt that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
- 2 Kings 24:11הָעִ֑יר · the cityAnd Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
- 2 Kings 25:2הָעִ֖יר · And the cityAnd the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- 2 Kings 25:3בָּעִ֑יר · in the cityBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- 2 Kings 25:4הָעִ֗יר · Then the city; הָעִ֖יר · the cityThen the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- 2 Kings 25:11בָּעִ֗יר · in the cityThen Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
- 2 Kings 25:19הָעִ֡יר · still in the city; בָעִ֔יר; בָּעִֽיר׃ · in the cityOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 1 Chronicles 1:43עִיר֖וֹ · His cityThese are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:46עִיר֖וֹ׃ · of his cityWhen Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- 1 Chronicles 1:50עִיר֖וֹ · His cityWhen Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- 1 Chronicles 2:22עָרִ֔ים · citiesSegub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23עִ֑יר · villagesBut Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 4:12עִ֣ירEshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:31עָרֵיהֶ֖ם · were their citiesBeth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32עָרִ֖ים · [towns]And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
- 1 Chronicles 4:33הֶעָרִ֥ים…and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record: