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. Esther 6:11הָעִ֔יר · through the city
    So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
  2. Esther 8:11עִיר־ · and every city; וָעִ֗יר
    By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
  3. Esther 8:15וְהָעִ֣יר · And the city
    Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
  4. Esther 8:17עִ֣יר · city; וָעִ֗יר
    In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
  5. Esther 9:2בְּעָרֵיהֶ֗ם · in their cities
    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
  6. Esther 9:19בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the villages
    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  7. Esther 9:28וְעִ֣יר · and city; וָעִ֑יר
    These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
  8. Job 15:28עָ֘רִ֤ים · cities
    …he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
  9. Job 24:12מֵ֘עִ֤יר · From the city
    From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
  10. Psalm 9:6וְעָרִ֥ים · their cities
    The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
  11. Psalm 31:21בְּעִ֣יר · in a city
    Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
  12. Psalm 46:4עִיר־ · the city
    There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
  13. Psalm 48:1בְּעִ֥יר · in the city
    A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
  14. Psalm 48:8בְּעִיר־ · in the city; בְּעִ֣יר · in the city
    As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
  15. Psalm 55:9בָּעִֽיר׃ · in the city
    O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
  16. Psalm 59:6עִֽיר׃ · the city
    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
  17. Psalm 59:14עִֽיר׃ · the city
    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
  18. Psalm 60:9עִ֣יר · city
    Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
  19. Psalm 69:35עָרֵ֣י · the cities
    For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
  20. Psalm 72:16מֵ֝עִ֗יר · [the people] of its cities
    May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
  21. Psalm 87:3עִ֖יר · O city
    Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
  22. Psalm 101:8מֵֽעִיר־ · from the city
    Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
  23. Psalm 107:4עִ֥יר · to a city
    Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
  24. Psalm 107:7עִ֥יר · a city
    He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
  25. Psalm 107:36עִ֣יר · a city
    He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
  26. Psalm 108:10עִ֣יר · city
    Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
  27. Psalm 122:3כְּ֝עִ֗יר · as a city
    Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
  28. Psalm 127:1עִ֝֗יר · the city
    A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  29. Proverbs 1:21בָּעִ֗יר · at the city
    …in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
  30. Proverbs 16:32עִֽיר׃ · a city
    He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
  31. Proverbs 21:22עִ֣יר · the city
    A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
  32. Proverbs 25:28עִ֣יר · Like a city
    Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
  33. Ecclesiastes 7:19בָּעִֽיר׃ · in a city
    Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
  34. Ecclesiastes 8:10בָעִ֖יר · in the city
    Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
  35. Ecclesiastes 9:14עִ֣יר · city
    There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
  36. Ecclesiastes 9:15הָעִ֖יר · the city
    Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
  37. Ecclesiastes 10:15עִֽיר׃ · the city
    The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
  38. Song of Solomon 3:2בָעִ֗יר · the city
    I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
  39. Song of Solomon 3:3בָּעִ֑יר · of the city
    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
  40. Song of Solomon 5:7בָּעִ֖יר · of the city
    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
  41. Isaiah 1:7עָרֵיכֶ֖ם · your cities
    Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
  42. Isaiah 1:8כְּעִ֥יר · like a city
    And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
  43. Isaiah 1:26עִ֣יר · the City
    I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
  44. Isaiah 6:11עָרִ֜ים · the cities
    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  45. Isaiah 14:17וְעָרָ֣יו · its cities
    …who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
  46. Isaiah 14:21עָרִֽים׃ · cities
    Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.