5892. iyr
Lexical Summary
iyr: City, town

Original Word: עִיר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `iyr
Pronunciation: eer
Phonetic Spelling: (eer)
KJV: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town
Word Origin: [from H5782 (עוּר - awake)]

1. a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ai, city, town

Or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from uwr a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

see HEBREW uwr

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. עִיר noun [masculine] excitement; — of terror, וּבֶהָלוֺת ׳ע Jeremiah 15:9; of rage (si vera lectio), לֹא אָבוֺא בְּעִיר Hosea 11:9, but St proposes לְבָעֵר compare We Oort Now GASm. — בָּעִיר Psalm 73:20 see עור

Hiph`il — II, III. עִיר see below

II. עִיר1092 noun feminineGenesis 10:12 (AlbrZAW xvi.40 f.) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.;? Phoenician ער Lzb345; Sabean ער fortified height (compare

3) PräZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CISiv. pp. 94, 95, 173); — ׳ע absolute Genesis 4:17 +, construct Genesis 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 14:12 + 7t.; suffix עִירִי 2 Samuel 19:38 2t., etc.; plural עָרִים Isaiah 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Judges 10:4 (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי Genesis 10:29 +; suffix עָרַי Zechariah 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:7 +, etc.; —

1 city, town, abode of men Genesis 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ecclesiastes 9:14 (compare Genesis 19:20); especially

a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 20:6 +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר Joshua 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר ׳ע Psalm 31:22 +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר (Micah 7:12 see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ ׳ע Isaiah 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ Isaiah 17:9; דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִיחַ ׳ְ 1 Samuel 23:7; חוֺמָה ׳ע Leviticus 25:29, compare Leviticus 25:30 (P), 1 Kings 4:13; on Hosea 10:14 see I. עַם 2b (1 Samuel 9:14 read הַשֵּׁעַר ᵐ5 We Dr and others).

b. opposed to כֹּפֶר הַמְּרָזִי 1 Samuel 6:18, ׳עָרֵי הַמּ Deuteronomy 3:5, הַמְּרָזוֺת ׳ע Esther 9:19; distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Joshua 13:23 #NAME?

c. עָרֶיה are dependent towns Joshua 13:17 (P), Jeremiah 19:15.

d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Joshua 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular 1 Samuel 27:5, opposed to הַשָּׁדֶה עָרֵי 1 Samuel 27:5 rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה ׳ע 2 Samuel 12:26 (but read הַמַּיִם ׳ע We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).

e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת Exodus 1:11 storage-cities, so 1 Kings 9:19 2Chronicles 8:6,4; 17:12; for נַפְתָּלִי ׳ע ׳מ2Chronicles 16:4 read probably ׳כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו (as 1 Kings 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב ׳ע 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Kings 10:26 2Chronicles 8:6; 9:25; 1:14; הַמָּרָשִׁים ׳ע 1 Kings 9:19 2Chronicles 8:6.

f. (הַ)מִקְלָט ׳ע (P) asylum-cities Numbers 35:11,13,14; Joshua 20:2, compare Numbers 35:25,26,27,28,32, לְמִקְלָט ׳ע Numbers 35:12; מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ ׳ע Joshua 21:13 + 4t. 21.

g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים ׳ע = Jerusalem: Psalm 46:5; Psalm 87:3, compare Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:9; ׳י ׳ע Isaiah 60:14; Psalm 101:8; צְבָאוֺת ׳י ׳ע Psalm 48:9.

h. city = inhabitants 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 22:2; Ruth 1:19, so 2 Samuel 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for ᵑ0 הָעָם) ᵐ5 We Dr and others (compare also following).

i. combinations are: רֹכְלִים ׳ע Ezekiel 17:4 city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב ׳ע Psalm 107:4; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: הַצֶּדֶק ׳ע Isaiah 1:26, ׳ע הָאֱמֶת Zechariah 8:3; הַקּדֶשׁ ׳ע Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1,18, compare Daniel 9:24, all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Jeremiah 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ ׳ע Jeremiah 49:25, ׳הָע הַהֻלָּלהEzekiel 26:17, הָעַלִּיזָה ׳הָע Zephaniah 2:15; of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה ׳הָע Zephaniah 3:1 oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים ׳ע bloody city Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6,9 and (of Nineveh) Nahum 3:1.

2 of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 Samuel 5:7,9; 2 Samuel 6:10 + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל ׳ע 2 Kings 10:25 (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ׳ע, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם ׳ע 2 Samuel 12:27 (so read also 2 Samuel 12:26, see 1d).

3 apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ 2 Kings 17:9 2Kings 18:8; compare Numbers 13:9 (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק ׳ע 1 Samuel 15:5 (HPS). — Hosea 7:4 see עור

Hiph`il

עִיר הַהֶרֶס see הֶרֶס.

Topical Lexicon
Frequency and Distribution in Scripture

עִיר appears about 1,095 times, permeating narrative, legal, poetic, and prophetic books. From Cain’s first settlement (Genesis 4:17) to the post-exilic rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls (Nehemiah 3), the term tracks the entire sweep of Old Testament history, providing a framework for covenant life, warfare, worship, judgment, and hope.

Origins of Human Urban Life

The initial occurrences of עִיר cast cities as both a technological advance and a moral test. Cain “built a city and named it Enoch after his son” (Genesis 4:17), signalling humanity’s early search for security apart from God. The Tower of Babel follows: “They said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city…’” (Genesis 11:4). By dispersing the builders, the LORD demonstrates that urban ingenuity without divine submission breeds rebellion, not refuge.

Cities in Israel’s National Formation

God pledged Abraham land “and the cities of those who hate them” (Genesis 22:17). Under Joshua, Israel’s conquest record is largely a catalog of captured cities (Joshua 10–12). The tribal allotments list hundreds of cities by name; yet even in possession, Israel was to remember divine ownership: agricultural tithe laws “in your towns” (Deuteronomy 14:28) continually pressed urban dwellers toward covenant faithfulness.

Levitical and Refuge Cities

Forty-eight Levitical cities (Numbers 35:1-8) scattered priestly influence, while six Cities of Refuge embodied God’s merciful justice. Their gates stood open for the manslayer, prefiguring gospel sanctuary: “They shall be cities of refuge for you” (Numbers 35:15).

Fortification, Administration, and Worship

David captured “the stronghold of Zion, that is the City of David” (2 Samuel 5:7), intertwining urban control with worship when he brought the ark to Jerusalem. Solomon fortified Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer (1 Kings 9:15-19), reflecting royal stewardship. Conversely, Jeroboam erected golden-calf shrines at Bethel and Dan, showing how city planning can facilitate idolatry.

Covenant Blessing and Judgment upon Cities

Obedience brought thriving towns: “Blessed shall you be in the city” (Deuteronomy 28:3). Rebellion reversed the promise: “You will eat the fruit of your womb…during the siege of the enemy within your gates” (Deuteronomy 28:53). Prophets amplify this pattern. Micah foretold Samaria’s ruin: “I will make Samaria a heap of rubble, a place for planting vineyards” (Micah 1:6). Yet Isaiah speaks hope: “We have a strong city; God appoints salvation as its walls and ramparts” (Isaiah 26:1).

Cities as Symbols in the Prophets

Babylon epitomizes human pride: “Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans” (Isaiah 47:5). Nineveh represents relentless oppression (Nahum 3:1-7), while Tyre’s wealth cannot save her (Ezekiel 26–28). By portraying mighty cities laid waste, the prophets show that no fortress can withstand divine judgment.

Post-Exilic Restoration

After exile, rebuilding the city walls embodied covenant renewal. Nehemiah records the people’s united labor: “So we rebuilt the wall, till all of it was joined together halfway” (Nehemiah 4:6). The restoration of city life paralleled renewed worship (Ezra 6:16-18), reminding Israel that communal holiness must fill the spaces architecture provides.

Wisdom and Poetic Reflections

Proverbs repeatedly links city imagery with moral insights: “Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control” (Proverbs 25:28). Ecclesiastes notes the fragility of fame: “I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift…nor favor to the skillful” (Ecclesiastes 9:11), often set against bustling urban backdrops.

Eschatological Trajectory

Though the Old Testament ends with Jerusalem awaiting full glory, later revelation culminates in “the holy city, New Jerusalem” (Revelation 21:2), tying the earthly city’s account to a heavenly consummation. Old Testament prophecies anticipate this: “Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City” (Zechariah 8:3), grounding eschatological hope in historic geography.

Christological Echoes

Jesus wept over Jerusalem, lamenting, “How often I have longed to gather your children together” (Matthew 23:37). His crucifixion outside the city gate (Hebrews 13:12) and promised return to Zion (Zechariah 14:4) bind redemption to the urban theme introduced with Cain.

Ministry Implications Today

1. Urban mission: Jeremiah’s directive—“Seek the peace of the city…” (Jeremiah 29:7)—guides modern outreach.
2. Holistic discipleship: Cities gather diverse peoples; the Church must integrate social, cultural, and spiritual ministry.
3. Cultural discernment: Like Daniel in Babylon, believers navigate pluralistic cities while maintaining covenant loyalty.
4. Hopeful perseverance: As Nehemiah rebuilt amid opposition, present-day ministry trusts God to secure lasting work.

Representative Thematic References

Origins: Genesis 4:17; Genesis 11:4.

Conquest: Joshua 6:1; Joshua 10:28-43.

Levitical cities: Numbers 35:1-8.

Blessing and curse: Deuteronomy 28:3, 52-53.

Davidic Jerusalem: 2 Samuel 5:6-10.

Prophetic judgment: Isaiah 24:10-12; Nahum 3:1-7.

Restoration: Nehemiah 2:17-20; Zechariah 8:4-5.

Messianic hope: Isaiah 9:6-7; Micah 5:2.

New creation: Isaiah 65:17-19; Revelation 21:2.

Thus, throughout Scripture the recurring motif of עִיר charts humanity’s quest for security, God’s sovereign dealings with nations, and the unfolding promise of a perfected community where righteousness dwells.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּעִ֑יר בְּעִ֔יר בְּעִ֖יר בְּעִ֣יר בְּעִ֥יר בְּעִֽיר׃ בְּעִיר֔וֹ בְּעִירִ֔י בְּעִיר־ בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם בְּעָ֣רֵיכֶ֔ם בְּעָרֵ֣י בְּעָרֵ֤י בְּעָרֵ֥י בְּעָרֵ֨י בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם בְּעָרֵיהֶ֗ם בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ בְּעָרֵיכֶ֥ם בְּעָרֶֽיהָ׃ בְּעָרָ֔יו בְּעָרָ֥יו בְעִ֗יר בְעִ֤יר בְעִיר־ בְעִירוֹ֙ בְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם בֶּעָרִ֑ים בֶּעָרִ֖ים בֶּעָרִ֤ים בֶּעָרִֽים׃ בֶּעָרֵ֗ינוּ בָּעִ֑יר בָּעִ֔יר בָּעִ֖יר בָּעִ֗יר בָּעִ֛יר בָּעִ֜יר בָּעִ֣יר בָּעִ֤יר בָּעִ֥יר בָּעִ֨יר בָּעִֽיר׃ בָּעִיר֙ בָעִ֔יר בָעִ֖יר בָעִ֗יר בָעִ֛יר בָעִ֜יר בָעִֽיר׃ בָעִיר֙ בָּעַ֔י בעי בעיר בעיר־ בעיר׃ בעירו בעירי בערי בעריה׃ בעריהם בעריהם׃ בעריו בעריכם בערים בערים׃ בערינו הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים הֶֽעָרִ֔ים הֶֽעָרִ֗ים הֶֽעָרִ֛ים הֶֽעָרִ֣ים הֶֽעָרִ֥ים הֶֽעָרִים֙ הֶעָרִ֔ים הֶעָרִ֖ים הֶעָרִ֗ים הֶעָרִ֛ים הֶעָרִ֡ים הֶעָרִ֣ים הֶעָרִ֤ים הֶעָרִ֥ים הֶעָרִֽים׃ הֶעָרִים֙ הֶעָרִים־ הָ֠עִיר הָֽעִיר־ הָעִ֑יר הָעִ֑ירָה הָעִ֔יר הָעִ֖יר הָעִ֖ירָה הָעִ֗יר הָעִ֙ירָה֙ הָעִ֛יר הָעִ֜יר הָעִ֟יר הָעִ֡יר הָעִ֣יר הָעִ֤יר הָעִ֥יר הָעִ֨יר הָעִֽיר הָעִֽירָה׃ הָעִֽיר׃ הָעִיר֒ הָעִיר֙ הָעִיר֮ העיר העיר־ העיר׃ העירה העירה׃ הערים הערים־ הערים׃ וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים וְהֶֽעָרִים֙ וְהֶעָרִ֖ים וְהֶעָרִ֗ים וְהֶעָרִ֣ים וְהֶעָרִ֤ים וְהֶעָרִ֧ים וְהָעִ֕יר וְהָעִ֖יר וְהָעִ֛יר וְהָעִ֞יר וְהָעִ֣יר וְהָעִ֥יר וְהָעִ֨יר וְהָעִיר֙ וְלֶעָרִ֣ים וְעִ֣יר וְעִ֥יר וְעִיר֙ וְעָרִ֖ים וְעָרִ֥ים וְעָרִים֙ וְעָרֵ֖י וְעָרֵ֣י וְעָרֵ֥י וְעָרֵי֙ וְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם וְעָרֵיהֶם֙ וְעָרֵיכֶ֖ם וְעָרֶ֖יהָ וְעָרֶ֖יךָ וְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ וְעָרֶ֣יהָ וְעָרָ֔יו וְעָרָ֕יו וְעָרָ֣יו וָעִ֑יר וָעִ֔יר וָעִ֖יר וָעִ֗יר וָעִ֤יר וָעִֽיר׃ וָעִיר֙ וּבְעִיר֑וֹ וּבְעָרֵ֣י וּבְעָרֵ֤י וּבְעָרֵ֥י וּבְעָרֵ֨י וּבְעָרָ֔יו וּלְעָרֵ֤י ובעירו ובערי ובעריו והעיר והערים ולערי ולערים ועיר ועיר׃ וערי ועריה ועריהם ועריו ועריך ועריכם וערים חָצֵ֖ר חצר כְּ֝עִ֗יר כְּעִ֥יר כֶּֽעָרִ֛ים כֶּעָרִ֖ים כעיר כערים לְעִ֣יר לְעִ֥יר לְעִ֨יר לְעִירֽוֹ׃ לְעִיר־ לְעָרֵ֣י לְעָרֵ֪י לְעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ לְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ לֶֽעָרִ֛ים לֶֽעָרִים֙ לֶעָרִ֑ים לָעִ֑יר לָעִ֔יר לָעִ֖יר לָעִ֗יר לָעִ֛יר לָעִ֣יר לָעִ֥יר לָעִֽיר׃ לָעִיר֒ לָעִיר֙ לעיר לעיר־ לעיר׃ לעירו׃ לערי לעריה לעריהם׃ לערים מֵ֘עִ֤יר מֵ֝עִ֗יר מֵֽעִיר־ מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ מֵֽעָרָ֖יו מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים מֵהֶעָרִ֣ים מֵהָעִ֗יר מֵהָעִ֜יר מֵהָעִ֣יר מֵעִ֔יר מֵעִ֖יר מֵעִ֗יר מֵעִ֣יר מֵעִ֤יר מֵעִ֥יר מֵעִ֧יר ׀ מֵעִֽירְךָ֥ מֵעִֽיר׃ מֵעִיר֙ מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם מֵעָרֵ֣י מֵעָרֵ֤י מֵעָרֵ֥י מֵעָרֵֽי־ מֵעָרֵיהֶ֖ם מֵעָרָ֖יו מהעיר מהערים מעיר מעיר־ מעיר׃ מעירו מעירך מערי מערי־ מעריהם מעריו עִ֑יר עִ֔יר עִ֖יר עִ֗יר עִ֚יר עִ֛יר עִ֝֗יר עִ֣יר עִ֣יר ׀ עִ֣יר־ עִ֤יר עִ֥יר עִ֨יר עִֽיר־ עִֽיר׃ עִיר֑וֹ עִיר֔וֹ עִיר֖וֹ עִיר֗וֹ עִיר֙ עִיר֜וֹ עִיר֤וֹ עִיר֩ עִירְךָ֖ עִירִֽי׃ עִירִי֙ עִירָ֑ם עִירָ֖ם עִירָ֤הּ עִירֽוֹ׃ עִיר־ עִירוֹ֙ עָ֘רִ֤ים עָ֣רֵי עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם עָ֣רֵיכֶ֔ם עָֽרֵיכֶם֙ עָרִ֔ים עָרִ֖ים עָרִ֛ים עָרִ֜ים עָרִ֣ים עָרִ֤ים עָרִ֥ים עָרִ֧ים עָרִֽים׃ עָרִים֙ עָרֵ֖י עָרֵ֛י עָרֵ֣י עָרֵ֤י עָרֵ֥י עָרֵ֧י עָרֵ֨י עָרֵי֙ עָרֵיהֶ֑ם עָרֵיהֶ֖ם עָרֵיהֶ֛ם עָרֵיהֶֽם׃ עָרֵיהֶם֙ עָרֵיהֶם֮ עָרֵיכֶ֑ם עָרֵיכֶ֖ם עָרֶ֑יךָ עָרֶ֔יהָ עָרֶ֔יךָ עָרֶ֖יהָ עָרֶ֗יךָ עָרֶ֙יהָ֙ עָרֶ֙יךָ֙ עָרֶ֜יהָ עָרֶ֥יהָ עָרֶֽיךָ׃ עָרַ֖י עָרַ֥יִךְ עָרָ֑יו עָרָ֖יו עָרָ֗יו עָרָ֥יו עָרָיו֙ עיר עיר־ עיר׃ עירה עירו עירו׃ עירי עירי׃ עירך עירם ערי עריה עריהם עריהם׃ עריו עריך עריך׃ עריכם ערים ערים׃ ‘ā·ra·yiḵ ‘ā·rāw ‘ā·ray ‘ā·rê ‘ā·re·hā ‘ā·rê·hem ‘ā·re·ḵā ‘ā·rê·ḵem ‘ā·rîm ‘ārāw ‘āray ‘ārayiḵ ‘ārê ‘ārehā ‘ārêhem ‘āreḵā ‘ārêḵem ‘ārîm ‘î·rāh ‘î·rām ‘î·rə·ḵā ‘î·rî ‘î·rōw ‘îr ‘îr- ‘îrāh ‘îrām ‘îrəḵā ‘îrî ‘îrōw aRai aRav aRayich aRei aReicha areiChem aReiha areiHem aRim bā‘ay bā‘îr ḇā‘îr bā·‘ay bā·‘îr ḇā·‘îr baAi baIr bə‘ārāw bə‘ārê bə‘ārehā bə‘ārêhem ḇə‘ārêhem bə‘ārêḵem be‘ārênū be‘ārîm bə‘îr ḇə‘îr bə‘îr- ḇə‘îr- bə‘îrî bə‘îrōw ḇə‘îrōw bə·‘ā·rāw bə·‘ā·rê bə·‘ā·re·hā bə·‘ā·rê·hem ḇə·‘ā·rê·hem bə·‘ā·rê·ḵem be·‘ā·rê·nū be·‘ā·rîm bə·‘î·rî bə·‘î·rōw ḇə·‘î·rōw bə·‘îr ḇə·‘îr bə·‘îr- ḇə·‘îr- beaRav beaRei beAreiChem beaReiha beAreiHem beaReinu beaRim beIr beiRi beiRo chaTzer hā‘îr hā‘îr- hā‘îrāh hā·‘î·rāh hā·‘îr hā·‘îr- ḥā·ṣêr haIr haIrah ḥāṣêr he‘ārîm he‘ārîm- he·‘ā·rîm he·‘ā·rîm- heaRim Ir iRah iRam ireCha iRi iRo ke‘ārîm kə‘îr ke·‘ā·rîm kə·‘îr keaRim keIr lā‘îr lā·‘îr laIr lə‘ārê lə‘ārehā lə‘ārêhem le‘ārîm lə‘îr lə‘îr- lə‘îrōw lə·‘ā·rê lə·‘ā·re·hā lə·‘ā·rê·hem le·‘ā·rîm lə·‘î·rōw lə·‘îr lə·‘îr- leaRei leaReiha leareiHem leaRim leIr leiRo mê‘ārāw mê‘ārê mê‘ārê- mê‘ārêhem mê‘îr mê‘îr- mê‘îrəḵā mê‘îrōw mê·‘ā·rāw mê·‘ā·rê mê·‘ā·rê- mê·‘ā·rê·hem mê·‘î·rə·ḵā mê·‘î·rōw mê·‘îr mê·‘îr- mê·hā·‘îr mê·he·‘ā·rîm meaRav meaRei meAreiHem mêhā‘îr mehaIr mêhe‘ārîm meheaRim meIr meireCha meiRo ū·ḇə·‘ā·rāw ū·ḇə·‘ā·rê ū·ḇə·‘î·rōw ū·lə·‘ā·rê ūḇə‘ārāw ūḇə‘ārê ūḇə‘îrōw ūlə‘ārê uleaRei uveaRav uveaRei uveiRo vaIr veaRav veaRei veaReicha veareiChem veaReiha veareiHem veaRim vehaIr veheaRim veIr veiRo veleaRim wā‘îr wā·‘îr wə‘ārāw wə‘ārê wə‘ārehā wə‘ārêhem wə‘āreḵā wə‘ārêḵem wə‘ārîm wə‘îr wə·‘ā·rāw wə·‘ā·rê wə·‘ā·re·hā wə·‘ā·rê·hem wə·‘ā·re·ḵā wə·‘ā·rê·ḵem wə·‘ā·rîm wə·‘îr wə·hā·‘îr wə·he·‘ā·rîm wə·le·‘ā·rîm wəhā‘îr wəhe‘ārîm wəle‘ārîm
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Genesis 4:17
HEB: וַֽיְהִי֙ בֹּ֣נֶה עִ֔יר וַיִּקְרָא֙ שֵׁ֣ם
NAS: and he built a city, and called
KJV: and he builded a city, and called
INT: become built A city and called the name

Genesis 4:17
HEB: וַיִּקְרָא֙ שֵׁ֣ם הָעִ֔יר כְּשֵׁ֖ם בְּנ֥וֹ
NAS: the name of the city Enoch,
KJV: the name of the city, after the name
INT: and called the name of the city the name of his son

Genesis 10:11
HEB: וְאֶת־ רְחֹבֹ֥ת עִ֖יר וְאֶת־ כָּֽלַח׃
KJV: Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth,
INT: Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and the city and Calah

Genesis 10:12
HEB: כָּ֑לַח הִ֖וא הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃
NAS: and Calah; that is the great city.
KJV: and Calah: the same [is] a great city.
INT: and Calah he city is the great

Genesis 11:4
HEB: נִבְנֶה־ לָּ֣נוּ עִ֗יר וּמִגְדָּל֙ וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ
NAS: let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower
KJV: let us build us a city and a tower,
INT: Come build A city tower top

Genesis 11:5
HEB: לִרְאֹ֥ת אֶת־ הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־ הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל
NAS: to see the city and the tower
KJV: to see the city and the tower,
INT: the LORD to see the city and the tower which

Genesis 11:8
HEB: וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ לִבְנֹ֥ת הָעִֽיר׃
NAS: and they stopped building the city.
KJV: and they left off to build the city.
INT: stopped building the city

Genesis 13:12
HEB: וְל֗וֹט יָשַׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל
NAS: settled in the cities of the valley,
KJV: dwelled in the cities of the plain,
INT: Lot settled the cities of the valley and moved

Genesis 18:24
HEB: צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר הַאַ֤ף תִּסְפֶּה֙
NAS: within the city; will You indeed
KJV: within the city: wilt thou also destroy
INT: righteous within the city indeed sweep

Genesis 18:26
HEB: צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי לְכָל־
NAS: within the city, then I will spare
KJV: within the city, then I will spare
INT: righteous within the city will spare the whole

Genesis 18:28
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ הָעִ֑יר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א
NAS: the whole city because of five?
KJV: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five?
INT: five the whole city answer I will not

Genesis 19:4
HEB: יִשְׁכָּבוּ֒ וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר אַנְשֵׁ֤י סְדֹם֙
NAS: the men of the city, the men
KJV: the men of the city, [even] the men
INT: lay the men of the city the men of Sodom

Genesis 19:12
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ לְךָ֖ בָּעִ֑יר הוֹצֵ֖א מִן־
NAS: and whomever you have in the city, bring
KJV: and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring [them] out
INT: all manner and whatsoever the city bring at

Genesis 19:14
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־ הָעִ֑יר וַיְהִ֥י כִמְצַחֵ֖ק
NAS: will destroy the city. But he appeared
KJV: will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked
INT: will destroy the LORD the city become to be jesting

Genesis 19:15
HEB: תִּסָּפֶ֖ה בַּעֲוֹ֥ן הָעִֽיר׃
NAS: in the punishment of the city.
KJV: in the iniquity of the city.
INT: will be swept the punishment of the city

Genesis 19:16
HEB: וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ מִח֥וּץ לָעִֽיר׃
NAS: him out, and put him outside the city.
KJV: and set him without the city.
INT: him without the city

Genesis 19:20
HEB: הִנֵּה־ נָ֠א הָעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֧את קְרֹבָ֛ה
NAS: this town is near
KJV: Behold now, this city [is] near
INT: behold now town likewise is near

Genesis 19:21
HEB: הָפְכִּ֥י אֶת־ הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃
NAS: not to overthrow the town of which
KJV: also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which
INT: not to overthrow the town of which have spoken

Genesis 19:22
HEB: קָרָ֥א שֵׁם־ הָעִ֖יר צֽוֹעַר׃
NAS: the name of the town was called
KJV: thither. Therefore the name of the city was called
INT: was called the name of the town Zoar

Genesis 19:25
HEB: וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙ אֶת־ הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔ל וְאֵ֖ת
NAS: those cities, and all
KJV: those cities, and all the plain,
INT: overthrew cities those and all

Genesis 19:25
HEB: כָּל־ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הֶעָרִ֔ים וְצֶ֖מַח הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew
KJV: and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew
INT: and all the inhabitants of the cities and what the ground

Genesis 19:29
HEB: אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־ עָרֵ֣י הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר
NAS: destroyed the cities of the valley,
KJV: destroyed the cities of the plain,
INT: destroyed God the cities of the valley remembered

Genesis 19:29
HEB: בַּהֲפֹךְ֙ אֶת־ הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־ יָשַׁ֥ב
NAS: when He overthrew the cities in which
KJV: when he overthrew the cities in the which
INT: of the overthrow overthrew the cities which lived

Genesis 23:10
HEB: בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־ עִיר֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃
NAS: in at the gate of his city, saying,
KJV: at the gate of his city, saying,
INT: went the gate of his city saying

Genesis 23:18
HEB: בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־ עִירֽוֹ׃
NAS: who went in at the gate of his city.
KJV: at the gate of his city.
INT: went the gate of his city

1095 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5892
1095 Occurrences


‘ā·ray — 1 Occ.
‘ā·rāw — 6 Occ.
‘ā·ra·yiḵ — 2 Occ.
‘ā·rê — 94 Occ.
‘ā·re·ḵā — 6 Occ.
‘ā·rê·ḵem — 4 Occ.
‘ā·re·hā — 7 Occ.
‘ā·rê·hem — 15 Occ.
‘ā·rîm — 78 Occ.
bā·‘ay — 1 Occ.
bā·‘îr — 45 Occ.
bə·‘ā·rāw — 4 Occ.
bə·‘ā·rê — 37 Occ.
bə·‘ā·rê·ḵem — 2 Occ.
bə·‘ā·re·hā — 1 Occ.
bə·‘ā·rê·hem — 9 Occ.
be·‘ā·rê·nū — 1 Occ.
be·‘ā·rîm — 5 Occ.
bə·‘îr — 37 Occ.
bə·‘î·rî — 1 Occ.
bə·‘î·rōw — 2 Occ.
ḥā·ṣêr — 1 Occ.
hā·‘îr — 311 Occ.
hā·‘î·rāh — 8 Occ.
he·‘ā·rîm — 70 Occ.
‘îr — 134 Occ.
‘î·rāh — 1 Occ.
‘î·rām — 3 Occ.
‘î·rə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
‘î·rî — 2 Occ.
‘î·rōw — 22 Occ.
ke·‘ā·rîm — 2 Occ.
kə·‘îr — 2 Occ.
lā·‘îr — 26 Occ.
lə·‘ā·rê — 3 Occ.
lə·‘ā·re·hā — 1 Occ.
lə·‘ā·rê·hem — 1 Occ.
le·‘ā·rîm — 3 Occ.
lə·‘îr — 4 Occ.
lə·‘î·rōw — 3 Occ.
mê·‘ā·rāw — 2 Occ.
mê·‘ā·rê — 7 Occ.
mê·‘ā·rê·hem — 2 Occ.
mê·hā·‘îr — 3 Occ.
mê·he·‘ā·rîm — 4 Occ.
mê·‘îr — 20 Occ.
mê·‘î·rə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mê·‘î·rōw — 2 Occ.
ū·lə·‘ā·rê — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·‘ā·rāw — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·‘ā·rê — 9 Occ.
ū·ḇə·‘î·rōw — 1 Occ.
ḇā·‘îr — 20 Occ.
wə·‘ā·rāw — 4 Occ.
wə·‘ā·rê — 7 Occ.
wə·‘ā·re·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ā·rê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ā·re·hā — 4 Occ.
ḇə·‘ā·rê·hem — 3 Occ.
wə·‘ā·rîm — 7 Occ.
wə·hā·‘îr — 19 Occ.
wə·he·‘ā·rîm — 9 Occ.
wə·‘îr — 9 Occ.
ḇə·‘î·rōw — 1 Occ.
wə·le·‘ā·rîm — 1 Occ.

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