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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עִיר:

Glossary entries

Ir-Nahash

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,096 total
  1. 1 Chronicles 6:56הָעִ֖יר · around the city
    But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:57עָרֵ֣י · (a city
    So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:60עָרֵיהֶ֛ם · cities; עִ֖יר
    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:61עָרִ֥ים · cities
    To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:62עָרִ֖ים · cities
    The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
  6. 1 Chronicles 6:63עָרִ֖ים · cities
    The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:64הֶעָרִ֖ים · [these] cities
    So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:65הֶעָרִ֣ים · the cities
    They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:66עָרֵ֣י · were given cities
    And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:67עָרֵ֧י · (a city
    They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
  11. 1 Chronicles 9:2בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם · in their cities
    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
  12. 1 Chronicles 10:7עָרֵיהֶם֙ · their cities
    When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  13. 1 Chronicles 11:5עִ֥יר · the City
    The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  14. 1 Chronicles 11:7עִ֥יר · the City
    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
  15. 1 Chronicles 11:8הָעִיר֙ · the city; הָעִֽיר׃ · of the city
    He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
  16. 1 Chronicles 13:2בְּעָרֵ֣י · in their cities
    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
  17. 1 Chronicles 13:13עִ֣יר · to the City
    So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  18. 1 Chronicles 15:1בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
  19. 1 Chronicles 15:29עִ֣יר · the City
    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
  20. 1 Chronicles 18:8עָרֵ֣י · cities
    And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
  21. 1 Chronicles 19:7מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם · were mustered from their cities
    So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
  22. 1 Chronicles 19:9הָעִ֑יר · to the city
    The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.
  23. 1 Chronicles 19:13עָרֵ֣י · the cities
    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
  24. 1 Chronicles 19:15הָעִ֑ירָה · the city
    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
  25. 1 Chronicles 20:2הָעִ֛יר · from the city
    Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
  26. 1 Chronicles 20:3עָרֵ֣י · cities
    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
  27. 1 Chronicles 27:25בֶּעָרִ֤ים · in the cities
    Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
  28. 2 Chronicles 1:14בְּעָרֵ֣י · cities
    Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  29. 2 Chronicles 5:2מֵעִ֥יר · the City
    At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
  30. 2 Chronicles 6:5בְעִ֗יר · a city
    ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
  31. 2 Chronicles 6:34הָעִ֤יר · of this city
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  32. 2 Chronicles 6:38וְהָעִיר֙ · the city
    …and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  33. 2 Chronicles 8:2וְהֶעָרִ֗ים · the cities
    Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.
  34. 2 Chronicles 8:4עָרֵ֣י · cities
    He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
  35. 2 Chronicles 8:5עָרֵ֣י · cities
    He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
  36. 2 Chronicles 8:6עָרֵ֤י · cities; עָרֵ֣י · the cities; עָרֵ֣י
    …as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
  37. 2 Chronicles 8:11מֵעִ֣יר · up from the City
    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
  38. 2 Chronicles 9:25בְּעָרֵ֣י · cities
    Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  39. 2 Chronicles 9:31בְּעִ֖יר · in the city
    And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
  40. 2 Chronicles 10:17בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the cities
    …but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
  41. 2 Chronicles 11:5עָרִ֛ים · cities
    Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
  42. 2 Chronicles 11:10עָרֵ֖י · cities
    Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
  43. 2 Chronicles 11:12עִ֤יר; וָעִיר֙ · the cities
    He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
  44. 2 Chronicles 11:23עָרֵ֣י · cities
    Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
  45. 2 Chronicles 12:4עָרֵ֥י · cities
    He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.