עִיר

irexcitementHow to read Hebrew
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. 2 Chronicles 12:13הָ֠עִיר · the city
    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
  2. 2 Chronicles 12:16בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
  3. 2 Chronicles 13:19עָרִ֔ים · some cities
    Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
  4. 2 Chronicles 14:1בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
  5. 2 Chronicles 14:5עָרֵ֣י · the cities
    He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
  6. 2 Chronicles 14:6עָרֵ֥י · cities
    Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
  7. 2 Chronicles 14:7הֶעָרִ֣ים · cities
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  8. 2 Chronicles 14:14הֶֽעָרִים֙ · the cities; הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים · the cities
    …and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
  9. 2 Chronicles 15:6וְעִ֣יר · and city; בְּעִ֑יר · by city
    Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
  10. 2 Chronicles 15:8הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים · and from the cities
    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
  11. 2 Chronicles 16:4עָרֵ֣י · the cities; עָרֵ֥י · cities
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
  12. 2 Chronicles 16:14בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
  13. 2 Chronicles 17:2עָרֵ֥י · city; וּבְעָרֵ֣י · and in the cities
    He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
  14. 2 Chronicles 17:7בְּעָרֵ֥י · in the cities
    In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
  15. 2 Chronicles 17:9עָרֵ֣י · the towns
    They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
  16. 2 Chronicles 17:12וְעָרֵ֥י · cities
    Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
  17. 2 Chronicles 17:13בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the cities
    …and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.
  18. 2 Chronicles 17:19בְּעָרֵ֥י · cities
    These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
  19. 2 Chronicles 18:25הָעִ֑יר · of the city
    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
  20. 2 Chronicles 19:5עָרֵ֧י · cities; לְעִ֥יר; וָעִֽיר׃
    He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
  21. 2 Chronicles 19:10בְּעָרֵיהֶ֗ם · in their cities
    For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
  22. 2 Chronicles 20:4עָרֵ֣י · the cities
    So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
  23. 2 Chronicles 21:1בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
  24. 2 Chronicles 21:3עָרֵ֥י · cities
    Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
  25. 2 Chronicles 21:20בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
  26. 2 Chronicles 23:2עָרֵ֣י · the cities
    So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
  27. 2 Chronicles 23:21וְהָעִ֣יר · And the city
    …and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
  28. 2 Chronicles 24:5לְעָרֵ֪י · to the cities
    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
  29. 2 Chronicles 24:16בְעִיר־ · in the City
    And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
  30. 2 Chronicles 24:25בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
  31. 2 Chronicles 25:13בְּעָרֵ֣י · the cities
    Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.
  32. 2 Chronicles 25:28בְּעִ֥יר · in the City
    They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
  33. 2 Chronicles 26:6עָרִ֔ים · cities
    Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
  34. 2 Chronicles 27:4וְעָרִ֥ים · cities
    He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
  35. 2 Chronicles 27:9בְּעִ֣יר · in the City
    And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
  36. 2 Chronicles 28:15עִיר־ · the City
    Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
  37. 2 Chronicles 28:18בְּעָרֵ֨י · the cities
    The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
  38. 2 Chronicles 28:25עִ֨יר · city; וָעִ֤יר
    In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
  39. 2 Chronicles 28:27בָעִיר֙ · in the city
    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
  40. 2 Chronicles 29:20הָעִ֑יר · the city
    Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
  41. 2 Chronicles 30:10מֵעִ֧יר׀ · from city; לָעִ֛יר · to city
    And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.
  42. 2 Chronicles 31:1לְעָרֵ֣י · to the cities
    When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.