Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H5892: עִיר (ʻîyr) Definition

Strong's number
H5892
Lemma
עִיר
Transliteration
ʻîyr
Pronunciation
eer
Strong's definition
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. or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עוּר)

933 instances of the word עִיר ʻîyr (H5892)


  • Genesis 41:48 - And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and laid up all the food every city all the food of the field every city which was round about and laid up in the same

  • Genesis 44:4 - And when they were gone out of the city and not yet far off Joseph said unto his steward Up follow after and when thou dost overtake said unto them Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good

  • Genesis 44:13 - Then they rent their clothes and laded every man his ass and returned to the city

  • Genesis 47:21 - And as for the people he removed them to cities even to the other end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end

  • Habakkuk 2:12 - Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and stablisheth a city by iniquity

  • Hosea 8:14 - hath forgotten For Israel his Maker and buildeth temples and Judah hath multiplied cities fenced but I will send a fire cities and it shall devour the palaces

  • Hosea 11:6 - shall abide And the sword on his cities and shall consume his branches and devour them because of their own counsels

  • Hosea 11:9 - I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger I will not return to destroy Ephraim for I am God in the midst the Holy One of thee and I will not enter into the city

  • Hosea 13:10 - I will be thy king where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities and thy judges of whom thou saidst Give be thy king and princes

  • Isaiah 1:7 - Your country is desolate your cities are burned with fire your land by strangers devour is desolate as overthrown by strangers

  • Isaiah 1:8 - is left And the daughter of Zion as a cottage in a vineyard as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers city as a besieged

  • Isaiah 1:26 - And I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counsellors as at the beginning afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness city the faithful

  • Isaiah 6:11 - Then said I Lord Then said be wasted Until the cities without inhabitant and the houses without man and the land be wasted be utterly

  • Isaiah 14:17 - That made the world as a wilderness the cities and destroyed of his prisoners thereof that opened not the house

  • Isaiah 14:31 - Howl O gate cry O city art dissolved thou whole Palestina from the north a smoke for there shall come and none shall be alone in his appointed times

  • Isaiah 17:1 - The burden Behold Damascus Behold Damascus is taken away from being a city heap and it shall be a ruinous

  • Isaiah 17:2 - are forsaken The cities of Aroer they shall be for flocks which shall lie down and none shall make them afraid

  • Isaiah 17:9 - In that day cities shall his strong be as a forsaken bough and an uppermost branch be as a forsaken because of the children of Israel and there shall be desolation

  • Isaiah 19:2 - And I will set against the Egyptians against the Egyptians and they shall fight and every one against his brother and every one against his neighbour against city against city against kingdom against kingdom

  • Isaiah 19:18 - In that day shall five The city in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan and swear to the LORD of hosts The city of destruction shall be called one