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.
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
- Esther 6:11הָעִ֔יר · through the citySo 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!”
- Esther 8:11עִיר־ · and every city; וָעִ֗ירBy 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.
- Esther 8:15וְהָעִ֣יר · And the cityMordecai 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.
- Esther 8:17עִ֣יר · city; וָעִ֗ירIn 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.
- Esther 9:2בְּעָרֵיהֶ֗ם · in their citiesIn 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.
- Esther 9:19בְּעָרֵ֣י · in the villagesThis 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.
- Esther 9:28וְעִ֣יר · and city; וָעִ֑ירThese 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.
- Job 15:28עָ֘רִ֤ים · cities…he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
- Job 24:12מֵ֘עִ֤יר · From the cityFrom the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
- Psalm 9:6וְעָרִ֥ים · their citiesThe enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
- Psalm 31:21בְּעִ֣יר · in a cityBlessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
- Psalm 46:4עִיר־ · the cityThere is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Psalm 48:1בְּעִ֥יר · in the cityA 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.
- Psalm 48:8בְּעִיר־ · in the city; בְּעִ֣יר · in the cityAs 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
- Psalm 55:9בָּעִֽיר׃ · in the cityO Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Psalm 59:6עִֽיר׃ · the cityThey return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- Psalm 59:14עִֽיר׃ · the cityThey return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- Psalm 60:9עִ֣יר · cityWho will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
- Psalm 69:35עָרֵ֣י · the citiesFor God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
- Psalm 72:16מֵ֝עִ֗יר · [the people] of its citiesMay 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.
- Psalm 87:3עִ֖יר · O cityGlorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
- Psalm 101:8מֵֽעִיר־ · from the cityEvery morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
- Psalm 107:4עִ֥יר · to a citySome wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
- Psalm 107:7עִ֥יר · a cityHe led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
- Psalm 107:36עִ֣יר · a cityHe causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
- Psalm 108:10עִ֣יר · cityWho will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
- Psalm 122:3כְּ֝עִ֗יר · as a cityJerusalem is built up as a city united together,
- Psalm 127:1עִ֝֗יר · the cityA 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.
- Proverbs 1:21בָּעִ֗יר · at the city…in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
- Proverbs 16:32עִֽיר׃ · a cityHe who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 21:22עִ֣יר · the cityA wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
- Proverbs 25:28עִ֣יר · Like a cityLike a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19בָּעִֽיר׃ · in a cityWisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10בָעִ֖יר · in the cityThen 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14עִ֣יר · cityThere was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15הָעִ֖יר · the cityNow a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 10:15עִֽיר׃ · the cityThe toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
- Song of Solomon 3:2בָעִ֗יר · the cityI 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.
- Song of Solomon 3:3בָּעִ֑יר · of the cityI encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
- Song of Solomon 5:7בָּעִ֖יר · of the cityI 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.
- Isaiah 1:7עָרֵיכֶ֖ם · your citiesYour land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Isaiah 1:8כְּעִ֥יר · like a cityAnd the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
- Isaiah 1:26עִ֣יר · the CityI 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.”
- Isaiah 6:11עָרִ֜ים · the citiesThen 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,
- 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?”
- Isaiah 14:21עָרִֽים׃ · citiesPrepare 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.