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 21:18עָרִ֖ים · citiesAnathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:19עָרֵ֥י; עָרִ֖ים · citiesIn all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
- Joshua 21:20עָרֵ֣י · these citiesThe remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
- Joshua 21:21עִ֨יר · a city…they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
- Joshua 21:22עָרִ֖ים · citiesKibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:24עָרִ֖ים · citiesAijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:25עָרִ֖ים · citiesAnd from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:26עָרִ֥ים · citiesIn all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
- Joshua 21:27עִיר֙ · a city; עָרִ֖ים · citiesThis is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:29עָרִ֖ים · citiesJarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:31עָרִ֖ים · citiesHelkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:32עִ֣יר׀ · a city; עָרִ֖ים · citiesAnd from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:33עָרֵ֥י · together with; עִ֖יר · citiesIn all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.
- Joshua 21:35עָרִ֖ים · citiesDimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:37עָרִ֖ים · citiesKedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:38עִיר֙ · a cityAnd from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- Joshua 21:39עָרִ֖ים · citiesHeshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:40הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים; עָרִ֖ים · citiesIn all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
- Joshua 21:41עָרֵ֣י · cities; עָרִ֛יםFor the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
- Joshua 21:42הֶעָרִ֣ים · Each; עִ֣יר; עִ֔יר · cities; הֶעָרִ֥ים · citiesEach of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
- Joshua 24:13וְעָרִים֙ · and citiesSo I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
- Judges 1:8הָעִ֖יר · itThen the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
- Judges 1:16מֵעִ֤יר · from the CityNow the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
- Judges 1:17הָעִ֖ירThen the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
- Judges 1:23הָעִ֥ירThey sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
- Judges 1:24הָעִ֑יר · the city; הָעִ֔יר · the city…and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
- Judges 1:25הָעִ֔יר · to the city; הָעִ֖יר · the citySo the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
- Judges 1:26עִ֗יר · a cityAnd the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- Judges 3:13עִ֥יר · the CityAfter enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
- Judges 6:27הָעִ֛יר · of the citySo Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
- Judges 6:28הָעִיר֙ · of the cityWhen the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
- Judges 6:30הָעִיר֙ · of the cityThen the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
- Judges 8:16הָעִ֔יר · of the cityThen he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
- Judges 8:17הָעִֽיר׃ · of the cityHe also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
- Judges 8:27בְעִירוֹ֙ · his hometownFrom all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Judges 9:30הָעִ֔יר · of the cityWhen Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
- Judges 9:31הָעִ֖יר · the citySo he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
- Judges 9:33הָעִ֑יר · the cityAnd in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
- Judges 9:35הָעִ֑יר · of the cityNow Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.