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)
Joshua 21:8 - gave And the children of Israel unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs commanded as the LORD by the hand of Moses by lot
Joshua 21:9 - And they gave and out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are here mentioned by name
Joshua 21:12 - But the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession
Joshua 21:13 - to the children of Aaron the priest Thus they gave to be a city of refuge for the slayer Hebron with her suburbs and Libnah with her suburbs
Joshua 21:16 - And Ain with her suburbs and Juttah with her suburbs and Bethshemesh with her suburbs cities nine out of those two tribes
Joshua 21:18 - Anathoth with her suburbs and Almon with her suburbs cities four
Joshua 21:19 - All the cities of the children of Aaron the priests were thirteen All the cities with their suburbs
Joshua 21:20 - And the families of the children of Kohath the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim
Joshua 21:21 - For they gave to be a city of refuge for the slayer them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim and Gezer with her suburbs
Joshua 21:22 - And Kibzaim with her suburbs and Bethhoron with her suburbs cities four
Joshua 21:24 - Aijalon with her suburbs Gathrimmon with her suburbs cities four
Joshua 21:25 - And out of the half tribe of Manasseh Tanach with her suburbs and Gathrimmon with her suburbs cities two
Joshua 21:26 - All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained
Joshua 21:27 - And unto the children of Gershon of the families of the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasseh cities of refuge for the slayer they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs and Beeshterah with her suburbs cities two
Joshua 21:29 - Jarmuth with her suburbs Engannim with her suburbs cities four
Joshua 21:31 - Helkath with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs cities four
Joshua 21:32 - And out of the tribe of Naphtali cities of refuge for the slayer Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs and Hammothdor with her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs cities three
Joshua 21:33 - All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen All the cities with their suburbs
Joshua 21:35 - Dimnah with her suburbs Nahalal with her suburbs cities four
Joshua 21:37 - Kedemoth with her suburbs and Mephaath cities with her suburbs four