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
- Joshua 8:12לָעִֽיר׃ · of the cityNow Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
- Joshua 8:13לָעִ֔יר · of the city; לָעִ֑יר · of the citySo the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
- Joshua 8:14הָעִ֣יר · of the city; הָעִֽיר׃ · the cityWhen the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
- Joshua 8:16בָּעִיר · [of Ai]; הָעִֽיר׃ · the cityThen all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
- Joshua 8:17הָעִיר֙ · the cityNot a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
- Joshua 8:18הָעִֽיר׃ · [Ai]Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
- Joshua 8:19הָעִ֖יר · the city; הָעִ֖יר · set it…and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
- Joshua 8:20הָעִיר֙ · of the cityWhen the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
- Joshua 8:21הָעִ֔יר · the city; הָעִ֑יר · [it]When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
- Joshua 8:22הָעִיר֙ · the cityMeanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
- Joshua 8:27הָעִ֣יר · cityIsrael took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
- Joshua 8:29הָעִ֔יר · of the cityHe hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- Joshua 9:17עָרֵיהֶ֖ם · at their cities; וְעָרֵיהֶם֙So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
- Joshua 10:2עִ֤יר · city; עָרֵ֣י · citiesSo Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Joshua 10:19עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם · their citiesBut you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
- Joshua 10:20עָרֵ֥י · citiesSo Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
- Joshua 10:37עָרֶ֜יהָ · its villagesThey captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
- Joshua 10:39עָרֶ֙יהָ֙ · its villagesAnd they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
- Joshua 11:12עָרֵ֣י · and their citiesJoshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
- Joshua 11:13הֶעָרִ֗ים · of the citiesYet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
- Joshua 11:14הֶעָרִ֤ים · citiesThe Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
- Joshua 11:19עִ֗יר · cityNo city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
- Joshua 11:21עָרֵיהֶ֖ם · their citiesAt that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
- Joshua 13:9וְהָעִ֨יר · along with the cityThe area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- Joshua 13:10עָרֵי֙ · the cities…and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Joshua 13:16וְהָעִ֨יר · along with the cityThe territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
- Joshua 13:17עָרֶ֖יהָ · its cities…to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- Joshua 13:21עָרֵ֣י · the cities…all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
- Joshua 13:23הֶעָרִ֖ים · including the citiesAnd the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
- Joshua 13:25עָרֵ֣י · the citiesThe territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
- Joshua 13:28הֶעָרִ֖ים · including the citiesThis was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.
- Joshua 13:30עִֽיר׃ · citiesThe territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
- Joshua 13:31עָרֵ֛י · cities…half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
- Joshua 14:4עָרִים֙ · citiesThe descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
- Joshua 14:12וְעָרִים֙ · citiesNow therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
- Joshua 15:9עָרֵ֣י · the citiesFrom the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
- Joshua 15:21הֶעָרִ֗ים · citiesThese were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
- Joshua 15:32עָרִ֛ים · citiesLebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:36עָרִ֥ים · citiesShaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:41עָרִ֥ים · citiesGederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:44עָרִ֥ים · citiesKeilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:51עָרִ֥ים · citiesGoshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:54עָרִ֥ים · citiesHumtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.