עִיר (ʻîyr) — Ai
Hebrew word study: עִיר (ʻîyr), Strong's H5892. a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV translation words: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Strong's H5892 is tagged on 1,089 words in 931 verses across 37 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 4:17 and last appears in Zechariah 14:2.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 931)
- Genesis 4:17 — עִיר — a city
- Genesis 10:12 — הָעִיר — is the city
- Genesis 11:4 — עִיר — a city
- Genesis 11:5 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 11:8 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 13:12 — בְּעָרֵי — in the cities of
- Genesis 18:24 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 18:26 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 18:28 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:4 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:12 — בָּעִיר — in the city
- Genesis 19:14 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:15 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:16 — לָעִיר — of the city
- Genesis 19:20 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:21 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:22 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 19:25 — הֶעָרִים — the cities
- Genesis 19:29 — עָרֵי — the cities of
- Genesis 23:10 — עִירוֹ — city his
- Genesis 23:18 — עִירוֹ — city his
- Genesis 24:10 — עִיר — the city of
- Genesis 24:11 — לָעִיר — of the city
- Genesis 24:13 — הָעִיר — the city
- Genesis 26:33 — הָעִיר — the city
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Related entries
Named in this entry's derivation: H5782 עוּר (ʻûwr).
Entries whose derivation names this word: H5893 עִיר (ʻÎyr), H5898 עִיר הַמֶּלַח (ʻÎyr ham-Melach), H5899 עִיר הַתְּמָרִים (ʻÎyr hat-Tᵉmârîym), H5900 עִירוּ (ʻÎyrûw), H5901 עִירִי (ʻÎyrîy), H5902 עִירָם (ʻÎyrâm), H5904 עִיר נָחָשׁ (ʻÎyr Nâchâsh), H5905 עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ (ʻÎyr Shemesh), H6144 עָר (ʻÂr), H7157 קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym).
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Frequently asked questions
What does ʻîyr (H5892) mean?
A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
How is H5892 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H5892 as: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town..
How often does עִיר (ʻîyr) appear?
Strong's H5892 is tagged on 1,089 words in 931 verses across 37 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 4:17 and last appears in Zechariah 14:2.
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