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Strong's #5892: `iyr (pronounced eer)

or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 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.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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‛ı̂yr / ‛âr / ‛âyar

1) excitement, anguish

1a) of terror

2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

2a) city, town

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Same Word by TWOT Number: 1587a, 1615



Usage:

This word is used 1094 times:

1 Chronicles 6:57: "of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge,"
1 Chronicles 6:60: "with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen"
1 Chronicles 6:60: "All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities."
1 Chronicles 6:61: "tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities."
1 Chronicles 6:62: "and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen"
1 Chronicles 6:63: "and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities."
1 Chronicles 6:64: "gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs."
1 Chronicles 6:65: "and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which"
1 Chronicles 6:66: "And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe"
1 Chronicles 6:67: "And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim"
1 Chronicles 9:2: "inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims."
1 Chronicles 10:7: "and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt"
1 Chronicles 11:5: "the castle of Zion, which is the city of David."
1 Chronicles 11:7: "in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David."
1 Chronicles 11:8: "And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab"
1 Chronicles 11:8: "and Joab repaired the rest of the city."
1 Chronicles 13:2: "and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto"
1 Chronicles 13:13: "the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house"
1 Chronicles 15:1: "And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God,"
1 Chronicles 15:29: "of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul"
1 Chronicles 18:8: "Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David"
1 Chronicles 19:7: "And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle."
1 Chronicles 19:9: "came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come"
1 Chronicles 19:13: "for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good"
1 Chronicles 19:15: "before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem."
1 Chronicles 20:2: "upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city."
1 Chronicles 20:3: "dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all"
1 Chronicles 27:25: "and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son"
2 Chronicles 1:14: "thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 5:2: "the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion."
2 Chronicles 6:5: "out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes"
2 Chronicles 6:34: "unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which"
2 Chronicles 6:38: "their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house"
2 Chronicles 8:2: " That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused"
2 Chronicles 8:4: "in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath."
2 Chronicles 8:5: "and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;"
2 Chronicles 8:6: "And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all"
2 Chronicles 8:6: "had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that"
2 Chronicles 8:6: "and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon"
2 Chronicles 8:11: "brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that"
2 Chronicles 9:25: "thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 9:31: "with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son"
2 Chronicles 10:17: "But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over"
2 Chronicles 11:5: "dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah."
2 Chronicles 11:10: "are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities."
2 Chronicles 11:12: "And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong,"
2 Chronicles 11:12: "And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong,"
2 Chronicles 11:23: "of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance."
2 Chronicles 12:4: "And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to"
2 Chronicles 12:13: "seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen"









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