עִיר ir

Hebrew word for “city” · Strong’s H5892 · used 1,090 times in 932 verses

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Meaning

1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded); 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded); 1a) city, town

Senses in the lexicon

• city (1,085)
• excitement (2)
• Ir- (1)
• City (of On) (1)
• excitement (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ir in context, with how often each is used:

• city 642
• cities 416
• city towards 8
• own city 6
• own cities 3
• lair 2
• like a city 2
• some of cities 1
• any of the cities 1
• against the city 1
• against city 1
• like the cities 1

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 21 (31), Joshua 8 (20), Numbers 35 (17), Joshua 19 (15), Joshua 6 (13), Joshua 15 (12), Genesis 19 (10), Joshua 13 (10), Judges 20 (10), 1 Chronicles 6 (10)

Forms

• העיר 311
• עיר 131
• בעיר 98
• ערי 95
• ערים 78
• הערים 70
• בערי 37
• לעיר 30
• עירו 22
• מעיר 19

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 120
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 106
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 80
• זֹאת zot “this” 78
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 68
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 89
• עַד ad “till” 87
• דָּוִד david “David” 80
• מִגְרָשׁ migrash “pasture” 38
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 57
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 52
• שָׁם sham “there” 56

Key verses

The verses using ir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the…
• 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of…
• Psalms 48:1 — [A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
• Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in…
• Isaiah 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up,…
• Isaiah 44:26 — That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of…
• Isaiah 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the…
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
• Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
• Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…
• Zechariah 8:20 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.