BibleTools

Greek/Hebrew Definitions



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:

/ /

‛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:

Joshua 15:57: "Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:"
Joshua 15:59: "and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:"
Joshua 15:60: "is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:"
Joshua 15:62: "And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages."
Joshua 15:62: "of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages."
Joshua 16:9: "And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh,"
Joshua 16:9: "of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages."
Joshua 17:9: "southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh:"
Joshua 17:9: "cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side"
Joshua 17:12: "drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that"
Joshua 18:9: "and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book,"
Joshua 18:14: "at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this"
Joshua 18:21: " Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah,"
Joshua 18:24: "and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:"
Joshua 18:28: "Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance"
Joshua 19:6: "And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:"
Joshua 19:7: "and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:"
Joshua 19:8: "that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south."
Joshua 19:15: "and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:16: "of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:22: "were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:23: "of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages."
Joshua 19:29: "to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah;"
Joshua 19:30: "and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:31: "of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:35: "And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,"
Joshua 19:38: "and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:39: "of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages."
Joshua 19:48: "of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:50: "of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah"
Joshua 19:50: "Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt"
Joshua 20:2: "saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto"
Joshua 20:4: "unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate"
Joshua 20:4: "cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause"
Joshua 20:4: "his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give"
Joshua 20:4: "of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place,"
Joshua 20:6: "And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment,"
Joshua 20:6: "return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city"
Joshua 20:6: "and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled."
Joshua 20:9: "These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger"
Joshua 21:2: "by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle."
Joshua 21:3: "the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs."
Joshua 21:4: "and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities."
Joshua 21:5: "of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities."
Joshua 21:6: "of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen"
Joshua 21:7: "and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities."
Joshua 21:8: "unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD"
Joshua 21:9: "and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned"
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: "with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with"









©Copyright 1992-2025 Church of the Great God.   Contact C.G.G. if you have questions or comments.
Close
E-mail This Page
Hide permanently ×

Subscribe to our Newsletter