TheWay Bible
Free on iPhoneStudy, memorize, journal, and pray.
Get the app

Home›Strong's concordance›H5892

עִיר H5892

H5892 is the Hebrew word עִיר, transliterated ʻîyr and said eer. The King James Version most often renders it city.

Word: עִירTransliteration: ʻîyrSaid: eerLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 869 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עוּר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 928 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

city 516×cities 345×out of the city 19×against the city 10×every city 9×against this city 6×no city 5×you cities 4×out of the cities 4×town 4×towns 3×against the cities 3×

Strong's own list of renderings: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Verses using עִיר

The first 40 of 869 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 4:17 · KJV

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 10:11 · KJV

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Genesis 11:4 · KJV

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:5 · KJV

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 13:12 · KJV

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Genesis 18:24 · KJV

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Genesis 18:26 · KJV

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Genesis 18:28 · KJV

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Genesis 19:4 · KJV

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Genesis 19:12 · KJV

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

Genesis 19:14 · KJV

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Genesis 19:20 · KJV

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Genesis 19:21 · KJV

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Genesis 19:22 · KJV

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:25 · KJV

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

Genesis 19:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Genesis 23:10 · KJV

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Genesis 24:10 · KJV

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:11 · KJV

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:13 · KJV

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 26:33 · KJV

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

Genesis 28:19 · KJV

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Genesis 33:18 · KJV

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Genesis 34:20 · KJV

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:24 · KJV

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

Genesis 34:25 · KJV

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Genesis 34:27 · KJV

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Genesis 34:28 · KJV

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

Genesis 35:5 · KJV

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 36:32 · KJV

And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Genesis 36:35 · KJV

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

Genesis 36:39 · KJV

And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Genesis 41:48 · KJV

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

Genesis 44:4 · KJV

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Genesis 47:21 · KJV

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Exodus 1:11 · KJV

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 9:29 · KJV

And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’s.

Exodus 9:33 · KJV

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

Leviticus 14:41 · KJV

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

Leviticus 14:45 · KJV

And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5892 mean?

H5892 is the Hebrew word עִיר (ʻîyr), meaning 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 King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it city (516 times), cities (345 times), out of the city (19 times), against the city (10 times), every city (9 times), among others.

How many times does H5892 appear in the Bible?

עִיר (ʻîyr) is tagged in 869 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5892 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עוּר).

Nearby entries

Strong's concordance →

Keep reading in TheWay Bible App

Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.